Șoarș

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Șoarș

Total population

555

Coordinates45.93°, 24.93°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Șoarș is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bărcuț, Felmer, Rodbav, Seliștat, and Șoarș. Each village has a fortified church.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Jan Cornelius

Romania-born German writer

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Hans Hirschmüller

Romanian German actor

Eugenio Coșeriu

Romanian linguist (1921-2002)

Zsuzsa Balint

German pianist

Gyula Prassler

Romanian footballer (1916-1942)

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Adrian Gelberg

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Michael Kraus

Canadian clergyman (1908–2003)

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Tibor Szász

classical pianist (1948–2025)

Abraham Sharir

Israeli politician (1932–2017)

Stelian Popescu

Minister of Justice, Owner of newspaper "Universul", Romanian journalist (1874-1954)

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Alina Văcariu

Romanian actress and model

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Andreas Porfetye

Romanian composer (1927–2011)

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Andrew Calimach

Romanian writer

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Andre de Dienes

American photographer (1913–1985)

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Ion Moraru

Moldovan writer (1929-2019)

Arthur von Hübl

Austrian chemist (1853-1932)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Brașov

• Boholț
  2.8 mi away · pop. 249
• Rodbav
  2.8 mi away · pop. 295
• Văleni
  2.9 mi away · pop. 179
• Felmer
  3.9 mi away · pop. 491
• Calbor
  4.2 mi away · pop. 270
• Bărcuț
  5 mi away · pop. 392
• Seliștat
  5.1 mi away · pop. 217
• Lovnic
  5.4 mi away · pop. 593
• Cobor
  6 mi away · pop. 200
• Fagaras
  6.1 mi away · pop. 30,714
• Cincu
  6.2 mi away · pop. 1,518
• Beclean
  6.7 mi away · pop. 690

Browse all places in Brașov →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.