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Bucerdea Grânoasă

Commune in Alba, Romania

Bucerdea Grânoasă Buzásbocsárd
Commune
Reformed church in Bucerdea Grânoasă
Coat of arms
Location in Alba County
(2020–2024)		Ioan Aldea (PNL)
Area	41.3 km² (15.9 sq mi)
Elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)^[1]	2,169
• Density	53/km² (140/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	517261
Area code	(+40) 02 58
Vehicle reg.	AB
Website	bucerdea-granoasa.ro

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 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]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1850	1,506	—
1910	1,828	+21.4%
1966	2,542	+39.1%
2002	2,300	−9.5%
2011	2,235	−2.8%
2021	2,169	−3.0%
Source: INS, Census data

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "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.