Brașov County

Braşov ((IPA: [bra.'ʃov]); Hungarian: Brassó) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Braşov County is Braşov.

Județul Brașov
County
Coat of arms
Location of Brașov County in Romania
Coordinates: 45.79°N 25.28°E / 45.79; 25.28
Country	Romania
Development region1	Centru
Historic region	Transylvania
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Brașov
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Adrian Veștea (National Liberal Party)
• Prefect2	Marian Rasaliu
Area
• Total	5,363 km2 (2,071 sq mi)
• Rank	25th in Romania
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	549,217
• Rank	13th in Romania
• Density	102.409/km2 (265.237/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	50wxyz3
Car Plates	BV5
GDP	US$ 5.852 billion (2015)
GDP/capita	US$ 10,655 (2015)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed just to attract funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Geography

Braşov County has an area of 5,363 km².

Divisions

Braşov County has 4 municipalities, 6 towns and 47 communes.

Municipalities

• Braşov
• Făgăraş
• Codlea
• Săcele

Towns

• Ghimbav
• Predeal
• Râşnov
• Rupea
• Victoria
• Zărneşti

Communes

Apaţa Augustin Beclean Bod Bran Budila Buneşti Caţa

Cincu Comăna Cristian Crizbav Drăguş Dumbrăviţa Feldioara Fundata

Hălchiu Hărman Hârseni Hoghiz Holbav Homorod Jibert Lisa

Mândra Măieruş Moieciu Ormeniş Părău Poiana Mărului Prejmer Racoş

Recea Şercaia Şinca Şinca Nouă Sâmbăta de Sus Sânpetru Şoarş Tărlungeni

Teliu Ticuşu Ucea Ungra Vama Buzăului Viştea Voila Vulcan

Brașov County Media

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  Măgura village in Moieciu commune of Brașov County, Romania. Piatra Craiului mountains.

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  Brașov (German: Kronstadt)

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  Codlea (German: Zeiden)

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  Făgăraș (German: Fogorasch)

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  Săcele (German: Siebendörfer)

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  Map of Brașov County as constituted in 1938.