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Dobârlău

commune in Covasna County, Romania

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ16426308 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dobârlău (Hungarian: Dobolló; German: Dobersdorf) is a commune in Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Dobârlău, Lunca Mărcușului (Bélmező), Mărcuș (Márkos), and Valea Dobârlăului (Dobollópatak).

The commune is located in the southern part of the county, on the border with Brașov County. It lies on the banks of the Dobârlău River.

At the 2021 census, Dobârlău had a population of 2,275, of which 91.87% were ethnic Romanians.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Dobârlău” as commune in Covasna County, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dobârlău, commune and Covasna.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Dobârlău, commune and Covasna providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Dobârlău”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Covasna County, Romania” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16426308. Authority coordinates are 45.723, 25.920. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2021.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Dobârlău”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Dobârlău primary sources, Dobârlău archive and Dobârlău research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Dobârlău”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Dobârlău” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.