Type: | commune |
County: | Brașov |
Cristian | |
Leader Name: | Gicu Cojocaru[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Leader Party: | PNL |
Coordinates: | 45.6333°N 25.4833°W |
Elevation: | 595 |
Area Total: | 27.73 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 507055 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 68 |
Cristian (German: Neustadt; Hungarian: Keresztényfalva) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cristian.
The commune is located some west of Brașov, in the Burzenland region of southeastern Transylvania. It is traversed south to north by the Ghimbășel river.
At the 2002 census, Cristian had 3,924 inhabitants; of those, 95.3% were Romanians, 2.9% Transylvanian Saxons, and 1.8% Hungarians. 93.1% were Romanian Orthodox, 2.6% Lutheran, 1.7% Christian Evangelical, 0.8% Reformed, and 0.5% Roman Catholic. At the 2011 census, the population had increased to 4,490, of which 91.63% were Romanians, 1.92% Transylvanian Saxons, and 1.71% Hungarians. At the 2021 census, the population had reached 6,292; of those, 84.85% were Romanians and 1.29% Hungarians.[2]