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Sâmbăta de Sus (German: Obermühlendorf; Hungarian: Felsőszombatfalva) is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Sâmbăta de Sus and Stațiunea Climaterică Sâmbăta (Felsőszombatfalvi üdülőtelep). Formerly part of Voila commune, these villages were split off to form a separate commune in 2003.
Sâmbăta de Sus Monastery (Romanian: Mănăstirea Sâmbăta de Sus) is a Romanian Orthodox monastery in Sâmbăta de Sus, Brașov County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. Dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God , it is also known as the Brâncoveanu Monastery ( Mănăstirea Brâncoveanu ).
Boca was made a deacon on 29 September 1935 by Metropolitan Nicolae Bălan of Transylvania. In 1939 he spent three months in the Romanian Skete of Prodromos on Mount Athos. On his return, he joined the Brâncoveanu Monastery at Sâmbăta de Sus, Brașov County, where he took his vows and was tonsured into monasticism in 1940.
The Voila Hydropower Plant on the Olt River has a reservoir with a capacity of 10.3 million cubic metres (13.5 × 10 ^ 6 cu yd) of water, which covers an area of 281.5 hectares (696 acres). [3] The commune is traversed by the DN1 road; it is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Făgăraș and 67 kilometres (42 mi) east of Sibiu.
Predeal (pronounced [preˈde̯al]; Hungarian: Predeál) is a town in Brașov County, Muntenia, Romania. Predeal, a mountain resort town, is the highest town in Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, Muntenia at an elevation of over 1,000 m (3,300 ft). The town administers three villages: Pârâul Rece, Timișu de Jos, and Timișu de Sus.
The commune is located at the western edge of Brașov County, in the central part of the Țara Făgărașului region, at the foot of the Făgăraș Mountains.The administrative center of the commune is in Viștea de Jos, situated on the DN1 road, 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Făgăraș and 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of Sibiu.
Sâmbăta (Hungarian: Szombatság) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 1,267 people as of 2021. It is composed of six villages: Copăceni ( Kapocsány ), Ogești ( Csékehodos ), Rogoz ( Venterrogoz ), Rotărești ( Kerekesfalva ), Sâmbăta, and Zăvoiu ( Törpefalva ).
Bârsău (Hungarian: Felsőberekszó; [fɛlʃøːbɛrɛksoː]) is a commune of 2,424 inhabitants situated in Satu Mare County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bârsău de Jos (Alsóberekszó; [ɒlʃoːbɛrɛksoː]) and Bârsău de Sus (the commune center).