Bucerdea Grânoasă Explained

Type:commune
County:Alba
Bucerdea Grânoasă
Other Name:Buzásbocsárd
Leader Name:Ioan Aldea
Leader Party:PNL
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Coordinates:46.1914°N 23.8378°W
Elevation:296
Area Total:41.3
Population Total:auto
Postal Code:517261
Area Code:(+40) 02 58

Bucerdea Grânoasă (German: Burhardsdorf; Hungarian: Búzásbocsárd) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 2,169 (as of 2021). It is composed of four villages: Bucerdea Grânoasă, Cornu (Kornujalja), Pădure (Székelyhegytanya), and Pânca. These were part of Crăciunelu de Jos Commune until 2006, when they were split off.

The commune is located in the southeastern corner of the Transylvanian Plateau, about north of the Târnava River and west of Blaj.

The Bucerdea Grânoasă train station serves Line 300 of the CFR network, which runs from Bucharest to Blaj to Teiuș and then towards the Hungarian border. A rail crash occurred here in the morning of October 7, 1968: due to a signalman's error, a fast passenger train collided head-on with a local train; 22 people were killed, and 72 seriously injured. This was Romania's second railway accident in number of victims after the Ciurea rail disaster of 1917.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catastrofa feroviară de la Bucerdea Grânoasă: 22 de morți, 72 de răniți. Ceferiștii vinovați au fost judecați în gara Teiuș. ro. Ziarul Unirea. October 7, 2020. December 13, 2021.