Brașov County
Brașov County
Județul Brașov | |
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Administrative map | |
Location of Brașov County in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°47′N 25°17′E / 45.79°N 25.28°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| Development region1 | Centru |
| Historic region | Transylvania |
| Capital city (Reședință de județ) | Brașov |
| Government | |
| • Type | County Council |
| • President of the County Council | Adrian Veștea (PNL) |
| • Prefect2 | Mihai-Cătălin Văsii |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,363 km2 (2,071 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 25th in Romania |
| Population (2021-12-01) | |
• Total | 546,615 |
| • Rank | 13th in Romania |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 50wxyz3 |
| Area code | +40 x684 |
| Car Plates | BV5 |
| GDP nominal | US$ 14.070 billion (2025) |
| GDP per capita | US$ 25,740 (2025) |
| Website | County Council County Prefecture |
| 1The development regions of Romania have no administrative role. 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 | |
Brașov County (Romanian pronunciation: [braˈʃov] ⓘ) 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.