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{{Short description|County of Romania}}
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| subdivision_name3  = [[Brașov]]
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| leader_name        = [[Adrian Veștea]]
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'''Brașov County''' ({{IPA|ro|braˈʃov|-|Ro-Brașov.ogg}}) is a county ([[județ]]) of [[Transylvania]], Romania. Its capital city is [[Brașov]]. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') [[Burzenland]] and [[Făgăraș]].

==Name==
In [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], it is known as ''Brassó megye'', and in [[German language|German]] as ''Kreis Kronstadt''. Under [[Austria-Hungary]], a county with an identical name ([[Brassó County]], {{langx|ro|Comitatul Brașov}}) was created in 1876, covering a smaller area.

== Demographics ==
At the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]], the county had a population of 549,217 and the [[population density]] was {{Pop density|549217|5363|km2|sqmi|prec=1}}.<ref name="INSSER"/>

* [[Romanians]] – 87.4%
* [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]] – 7.77%
* [[Romani people in Romania|Romas]] – 3.5%
* [[Germans of Romania|Germans]] ([[Transylvanian Saxons]]) – 0.65%

At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Brașov County had a population of 546,615 and the population density was {{Pop density|546615|5363|km2|sqmi|prec=1}}.<ref name="INSSER"/>

* [[Romanians]] – 88.33%
* [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarians]] – 5,98%
* [[Romani people in Romania|Romas]] – 4.98%
* [[Germans of Romania|Germans]] ([[Transylvanian Saxons]]) – 0.40%

{|class="wikitable"
! Year
! County population<ref name="INSSER">{{cite web|url=http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_TAB_3.xlsx |title=Population at 20 October 2011 |date=5 July 2013 |access-date=9 July 2013 |publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]] |language=ro }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>National Institute of Statistics, ''[http://www.insse.ro/rpl2002rezgen/18.pdf "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922081325/http://www.insse.ro/rpl2002rezgen/18.pdf |date=September 22, 2006 }}''</ref>
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! 1948
| 300,836 {{steady}}
|-
! 1956
| 373,941 {{increase}}
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! 1966
| 442,692 {{increase}}
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! 1977
| 582,863 {{increase}}
|-
! 1992
| 642,513 {{increase}}
|-
! 2002
| 589,028 {{decrease}}
|-
! 2011
| 549,217 {{decrease}}
|-
! 2021
| 546,615 {{decrease}}
|}

Traditionally, the Romanian population was concentrated in the west and southwest of the county, the Hungarians in the east part of the county, and the Germans in the north and around Brașov city.

==Geography==
[[File:Rumunjska.jpg|thumb|Forest in Brașov County]]
The county has a total area of {{convert|5363|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}.

The south side comprises the [[Carpathian Mountains]] ([[Southern Carpathians]] and [[Eastern Carpathians]]), with the [[Făgăraș Mountains]], the [[Bucegi Mountains]], the [[Piatra Mare Mountains]], the [[Piatra Craiului Mountains]], and the [[Postăvarul Massif]]. In the east, there is the {{ill|Brașov Depression|ro|Depresiunea Brașovului}}, and in the west, there is the [[Olt (river)|Olt River]] valley. Between them, there are the [[Perșani Mountains]]. The north and west sides of the county are crossed by the Olt River.

In the southern and central part of Brașov County lies the [[Burzenland]], bordered approximately by [[Apața]] in the north, [[Bran, Brașov|Bran]] in the southwest and [[Prejmer]] in the east, with [[Brașov]] roughly in the center. To the west lies [[Țara Făgărașului]], bordered to the north by the Olt and to the south by the Făgăraș Mountains; its main city is [[Făgăraș]].

===Neighbours===
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*[[Covasna County]] in the east.
*[[Sibiu County]] in the west.
*[[Mureș County]] and [[Harghita County]] in the north.
*[[Argeș County]], [[Dâmbovița County]], and [[Prahova County]] in the south.
*[[Buzău County]] in the southeast.

==Economy==
Brașov County is one of the most prosperous regions of Romania and has a tradition of industry. During [[Romania in World War II|World War II]], [[IAR 80]] and towards the end of the war, [[Messerschmitt Bf 109|Bf 109]], fighter aircraft were built in Brașov. During the [[Socialist Republic of Romania|communist period]] the county was heavily industrialized, which left it with some very large industrial complexes. Some of them managed to survive and adapt to the capitalist type market economy, but some did not, leading to a high rate of unemployment. Due to new investments, mainly foreign, the economy managed to partially recover.{{citation needed|date=December 2008}}

The predominant industries in the county are:
* Mechanical and automotive industry.
* Chemical industry.
* Construction materials.
* Food industry.

Around [[Victoria, Romania|Victoria]] there were big chemical complexes that polluted the region.{{citation needed|date=December 2008}}

==Tourism==
[[File:01 Magura, Romania - Piatra Craiului mountains.jpg|thumb|Piatra Craiului Mountains]]
Brașov County contains some of the most attractive tourist destinations in Romania. {{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

The main tourist attractions in the county are:
* The city of [[Brașov]].
* [[Bran Castle]] also known as [[Dracula|Dracula's]] Castle
* [[Poiana Brașov]] mountain resort.
* [[Predeal]] mountain resort.
* [[Bran, Romania|Bran]] with its [[Bran Castle|castle]] often – inaccurately – referred to as [[Vlad the Impaler|Dracula's]] castle.
* The [[Făgăraș Mountains]].
* [[Piatra Craiului Mountains]].
* The medieval fortresses of [[Făgăraș]] and [[Râșnov]].
* The [[Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania|Fortified churches]] from the Saxon villages in the [[Burzenland]] area.
* The [[Via Transilvanica]] long-distance hiking and biking trail, which crosses the county.

== Administration ==

The Brașov County Council, renewed at the [[2020 Romanian local elections]], consists of 34 counsellors, with the following party composition:<ref>{{Cite web|language=ro|url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/data/json/sicpv/pv/pv_vs_final.json|format=Json|title=Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020|publisher=Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă|accessdate=2020-11-02}}</ref>

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| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL)
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| [[Save Romania Union]] (USR)
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==Administrative divisions==
{{main|List of settlements in Brașov County}}
{{See also|Brașov metropolitan area}}
[[File:Brasov, Romania (26523347959).jpg|thumb|[[Brașov]] ({{langx|de|Kronstadt}})]]
[[File:Muzeul Traditiilor si Biserica fortificata din Codlea.jpg|thumb|[[Codlea]] ({{langx|de|Zeiden}})]]
[[File:Cetatea Făgăraș-vedere aeriana.JPG|thumb|[[Făgăraș]] ({{langx|de|Fogorasch}})]]
[[File:RO BV Sacele 3.jpg|thumb|[[Săcele]] ({{langx|de|Siebendörfer}})]]

Brașov County has four municipalities, six towns and 48 communes:
* Municipalities
** [[Brașov]] – county seat; 253,200 (as of 2011)
** [[Codlea]]
** [[Făgăraș]]
** [[Săcele]]
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* Towns
** [[Ghimbav]]
** [[Predeal]]
** [[Râșnov]]
** [[Rupea]]
** [[Victoria, Brașov|Victoria]]
** [[Zărnești]]
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* Communes
** [[Apața]]
** [[Augustin, Brașov|Augustin]]
** [[Beclean, Brașov|Beclean]]
** [[Bod, Brașov|Bod]]
** [[Bran, Brașov|Bran]]
** [[Budila]]
** [[Bunești, Brașov|Bunești]]
** [[Cața]]
** [[Cincu]]
** [[Comăna]]
** [[Cristian, Brașov|Cristian]]
** [[Crizbav]]
** [[Drăguș]]
** [[Dumbrăvița, Brașov|Dumbrăvița]]
** [[Feldioara]]
** [[Fundata]]
** [[Hălchiu]]
** [[Hărman]]
** [[Hârseni]]
** [[Hoghiz]]
** [[Holbav]]
** [[Homorod, Brașov|Homorod]]
** [[Jibert]]
** [[Lisa, Brașov|Lisa]]
** [[Mândra]]
** [[Măieruș]]
** [[Moieciu]]
** [[Ormeniș]]
** [[Părău]]
** [[Poiana Mărului]]
** [[Prejmer]]
** [[Racoș]]
** [[Recea, Brașov|Recea]]
** [[Șercaia]]
** [[Șinca]]
** [[Șinca Nouă]]
** [[Sâmbăta de Sus]]
** [[Sânpetru]]
** [[Șoarș]]
** [[Tărlungeni]]
** [[Teliu]]
** [[Ticușu]]
** [[Ucea]]
** [[Ungra]]
** [[Vama Buzăului]]
** [[Viștea]]
** [[Voila, Brașov|Voila]]
** [[Vulcan, Brașov|Vulcan]]
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==Historical county==
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Historically, the county was located in the central part of [[Greater Romania]], in the southeastern part of [[Transylvania]]. Its capital was [[Brașov]]. Its territory included the part of the old region of [[Burzenland|Țara Bârsei]]. The county's territory was enlarged as a result of the administrative reform of 1925. Its territory covered the eastern part of today's Braşov County and the south of today's [[Covasna County]].

It was bordered on the west by the counties of [[Făgăraș County|Făgăraș]] and [[Muscel County|Muscel]], to the north by [[Trei Scaune County]], to the east by [[Buzău County#Historical county|Buzău County]], and to the south by the counties of [[Prahova County#Historical county|Prahova]] and [[Dâmbovița County#Historical county|Dâmbovița]].

===History===
Prior to [[World War I]], the territory of the county belonged to [[Austria-Hungary]] and was identical with the [[Brassó County]] of the [[Kingdom of Hungary]]. After the [[Hungarian–Romanian War]] of 1918–1919, the territory of Brașov County came under the administration of the [[Kingdom of Romania]]; it was formally transferred to Romania from Hungary as the successor state to Austria-Hungary in 1920 under the [[Treaty of Trianon]].

In 1938, [[Carol II of Romania|King Carol II]] promulgated a new [[1938 Constitution of Romania|Constitution]], and subsequently, he had the administrative division of the Romanian territory changed. [[Former administrative divisions of Romania#Ținuturi: 1938 - 1940|10 ''ținuturi'']] (approximate translation: "lands") were created (by merging the counties) to be ruled by ''rezidenți regali'' (approximate translation: "Royal Residents") - appointed directly by the King - instead of the [[Prefect (Romania)|prefects]]. Brașov County became part of [[Ținutul Argeș]].

In 1940, part of the county was transferred back to Hungary with the rest of [[Northern Transylvania]] under the [[Second Vienna Award]]. In September 1944, Romanian forces with Soviet assistance recaptured the ceded territory and reintegrated it into Romania. Romanian jurisdiction over the entire county per the Treaty of Trianon was reaffirmed in the [[Paris Peace Treaties, 1947]]. The county was disestablished by the [[Socialist Republic of Romania|communist government of Romania]] in 1950, when it was incorporated in the larger [[Stalin Region]], renamed Brașov Region in 1960. Brașov County was re-established in 1968 when Romania restored the county administrative system.

===Administration===
[[File:1938 map of interwar county Brasov.jpg|thumb|right|310px|Map of Brașov County as constituted in 1938.]]

Until the administrative reform of 1925, Brașov County was divided into three administrative districts (''[[plasă|plăși]]''), 23 rural communes, and one urban commune (Brașov).

After 1925, the area of the county was similarly divided into three districts:<ref name=Memoria>{{cite web|url=http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/brasov/|website=Portretul României Interbelice|title=Județul Brașov|lang=ro}}</ref>
#Plasa Bran, headquartered at [[Bran, Brașov|Bran]].
#Plasa Buzăul Ardelean, headquartered at [[Întorsura Buzăului]].
#Plasa Săcele (previously named Plasa Brașov), headquartered at [[Prejmer, Brașov|Prejmer]].

Plasa Bran included the following settlements: [[Bran, Brașov|Bran]], [[Codlea]], [[Cristian, Brașov|Cristian]], [[Fundata]], [[Ghimbav]], [[Hălchiu]], [[Holbav]], [[Moieciu|Măgura]], [[Moieciu|Moieciul de Jos]], [[Moieciu|Moieciul de Sus]], [[Moieciu|Peștera]], [[Poiana Mărului]], [[Predeal]], [[Râșnov]], [[Hălchiu|Satu Nou]], [[Bran, Brașov|Șimon]], [[Bran, Brașov|Sohodol]], [[Fundata|Șirnea]], [[Zărnești|Tohanu Nou]], [[Zărnești|Tohanu Vechi]], [[Dumbrăvița, Brașov|Țânțari]], [[Dumbrăvița, Brașov|Vlădeni]], [[Vulcan, Brașov|Vulcan]], and [[Zărnești]].

Plasa Buzăul Ardelean included the following settlements: [[Barcani]], [[Budila]], [[Dobârlău]], [[Întorsura Buzăului]], [[Dobârlău|Mărcuș]], [[Barcani|Sărămaș]], [[Sita Buzăului]], [[Teliu]], and [[Vama Buzăului]].

Plasa Săcele included the following settlements: [[Apața]], [[Săcele|Baciu]], [[Bod, Brașov|Bod]], [[Săcele|Cernatu]], [[Crizbav]], [[Feldioara]], [[Hărman]], [[Măieruș]], [[Prejmer]], [[Tărlungeni|Purcăreni]], [[Feldioara|Rotbav]], [[Săcele|Satulung]], [[Sânpetru]], [[Tărlungeni]], [[Săcele|Turcheș]], and [[Tărlungeni|Zizin]].

===Economy=== 
As a mountain county, agriculture was poorly developed in Brașov. Much of the county's agricultural land was devoted to potatoes, and orchards were planted in hilly areas. Livestock breeding (predominantly cattle and pigs) was an important activity.

Such industry as there was in the county was concentrated in the city of Brașov. In 1925, it had production centers in the chemical, metallurgical, construction, food, textile, machine, pharmaceutical and light industries. Surrounding areas excelled in the metallurgy, extractive, construction, food, textile, and light industries. The city of Brașov was also the main outlet of the county for local products.

Among the natural richness of the county were Zizin's mineral waters, containing sodium bicarbonate, iron, iodine, and carbonic acid. Lignite was exploited at Prejmer, and [[bituminous coal]] at Vulcan and Cristian.

===Education===
In 1925, there was a state high school (lyceum) for boys and another one for girls, four religious high schools for boys, a gymnasium, six secondary schools, four commercial schools, a normal school for educators, a school of arts and crafts and a school of state for commercial and industrial apprentices. The number of state primary schools was 19 and the religious was 53 (of which, in the Romanian language: 17 Orthodox and 3 Roman Catholic; in the German language: 2 Roman Catholic and 18 Lutheran; in the Hungarian language: 2 Reformed and 10 Lutheran; and one Jewish school)

===Population===
The census of 1920 reported 101,953 inhabitants (about {{cvt|68|/sqkm}}), of which 36,138 were ethnic Romanians, 33,584 Hungarians, 30,281 Germans, 1,560 Jews, and 390 of other nationalities.

According to the census data of 1930, the county's population was 168,125, of which 49.9% were Romanians, 26.6% Hungarians, 19.8% Germans, as well as other minorities.<ref name=Rec_1930_84>Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 84-85</ref> In the religious aspect, the population consisted of 48.8% Eastern Orthodox, 27.8% Lutheran, 9.9% Roman Catholic, 6% Reformed, 2.4% Greek Catholic, 1.7% Jewish, as well as other minorities.<ref name=Rec_1930_563>Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 563</ref>

====Urban population====
In 1930, the urban population of the county was 59,232, of which 39.3% were Hungarians, 32.7% Romanians, 22.0% Germans, 3.8% Jews, as well as other minorities.  As a mother tongue in the urban population, Hungarian was 42.2%, followed by Romanian (32.7%), German (22.4%), Yiddish (0.9%) as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was made up of 30.0% Eastern Orthodox, 22.3% Roman Catholic, 22.0% Evangelical (Lutheran), 13.9% Reformed (Calvinist), 4.4% Jewish, 3.5% Greek Catholic, 3.2% Unitarian, as well as other minorities.

==References==
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