Rupea (German: Reps; Transylvanian Saxon: Räppes; Hungarian: Kőhalom, lit.

The town is located in the northern part of Brașov County, in a hill region on the banks of the river Cozd and its left tributary, the Fișer.

The Rupea railway station serves the CFR 300 mainline, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea.

Founded most likely between the 12th and 13th centuries (see terra Daraus in the Diploma Andreanum, 1224), with the regional legal reorganisation, Rupea developed at the foot of the fortress, which in the past was an important defensive strategic point for the Saxon administration in southern Transylvania and hosted a seat of justice.

At the 2021 census, Rupea had a population of 4,907; of those, 63.93% were Romanians, 14.39% Hungarians, 9.86% Roma, and 1.06% Germans (more specifically Transylvanian Saxons).