Type: | commune |
County: | Covasna |
Barcani | |
Leader Name: | Nicolae Pastor[1] |
Leader Party: | Independent |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 45.7°N 31°W |
Elevation: | 754 |
Elevation Min: | 700 |
Area Total: | 57.40 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 527010 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 67 |
Barcani (Hungarian: Zágonbárkány) is a commune in Covasna County, in the geographical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Barcani, Lădăuți (Ladóc), and Sărămaș (Szaramás). It also included Valea Mare village before it was split off to form a separate commune in 1999. The commune is situated south of Zagon, in the southeastern part of Covasna County.[2]
The commune has absolute ethnic Romanian majority. According to the 2002 census, it had a population of 3,836 of which 99.63% or 3,822 were Romanians and 14 or 0.36% Hungarian.[3] At the 2011 census, there were 3,688 inhabitants; 95.53% were Romanians and 3.09% Roma. At the 2021 census, Barcani had a population of 3,822; of those, 86.39% were Romanians and 5.73% Roma.[4]