Racoș

For other uses, see Racoș (disambiguation).
Racoș
Alsórákos
Commune
Racoș
Coordinates: 46°5′N 25°32′E / 46.083°N 25.533°E
Country  Romania
County Brașov County
Population (2011)[1] 3,179
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Racoș (also Racoșul de Jos; German: Unter-Krebsdorf; Hungarian: Alsórákos) is a commune in Brașov County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Mateiaș (Mátéfalva) and Racoș. At the 2011 census, 55% of inhabitants were Hungarians, 23.2% Romanians and 21.6% Roma. At the 2002 census, 33.4% were Reformed, 23.3% Romanian Orthodox, 21% Pentecostal, 17.7% Unitarian and 3.6% Roman Catholic.

Coordinates: 46°05′N 25°32′E / 46.083°N 25.533°E

References

  1. Romanian census data, 2011; retrieved on March 17, 2012