Bod, Brașov

Bod
Commune
Coat of arms
Bod
Coordinates: 45°46′N 25°39′E / 45.767°N 25.650°E / 45.767; 25.650
Country	Romania
County	Braşov County
Population (2011)[1]	3,771
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Fortified church of Bod

Bod (German: Brenndorf; Hungarian: Botfalu) is a commune in Braşov County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bod and Colonia Bod (Botfalusi Cukorgyártelep). At Bod there is one of Romania's largest sugar factories and a broadcasting transmitter for long- and medium-wave radio, the Bod Transmitter. In Bod, the lowest ever recorded temperature in Romania, -38.5 degrees Celsius (-37 Fahrenheit), was measured in January 1942.

At the 2011 census, 89.6% of inhabitants were Romanians, 8.5% Hungarians and 1.1% Germans.

Natives

• Damasus Dürr (1537-1585), humanist
• Reinhardt Schuster (b. 1936), painter

References

External links

• Bod online

Brașov County, Romania Cities Brașov (county seat) Codlea Făgăraș Săcele Towns Ghimbav Predeal Râșnov Rupea Victoria Zărnești Communes Apața Augustin Beclean Bod Bran Budila Bunești Cața Cincu Comăna Cristian Crizbav Drăguș Dumbrăvița Feldioara Fundata Hălchiu Hărman Hârseni Hoghiz Holbav Homorod Jibert Lisa Mândra Măieruș Moieciu Ormeniș Părău Poiana Mărului Prejmer Racoș Recea Șercaia Șinca Șinca Nouă Sâmbăta de Sus Sânpetru Șoarș Tărlungeni Teliu Ticușu Ucea Ungra Vama Buzăului Viștea Voila Vulcan

Coordinates: 45°46′N 25°39′E / 45.767°N 25.650°E / 45.767; 25.650