Bucerdea Grânoasă

Bucerdea Grânoasă (German: Burhardsdorf; Hungarian: Búzásbocsárd) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 2,234. 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.

For Bucerdea Vinoasă village, see Ighiu.
Bucerdea Grânoasă
Buzásbocsárd
Commune
Reformed church in Bucerdea Grânoasă
Location in Alba County
Bucerdea Grânoasă
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°11′29″N 23°50′16″E
CountryRomania
CountyAlba
Area
41.00 km2 (15.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
2,235
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.AB

The commune is located in the southeastern corner of the Transylvanian Plateau, about 3 km (1.9 mi) north of the Târnava river and 10 km (6.2 mi) 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.[2]

References
  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. "Catastrofa feroviară de la Bucerdea Grânoasă: 22 de morți, 72 de răniți. Ceferiștii vinovați au fost judecați în gara Teiuș". Ziarul Unirea (in Romanian). October 7, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
Townhall
World War I memorial
Saint Paraskeva church


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