Brașov County
Braşov is a Romanian county ( Judet ) in Transylvania, with the county capital Braşov ( Kronstadt German, Hungarian Brassó ). Its common abbreviation and the license plate are BV.
The circle Braşov bordered to the north by the counties of Harghita and Mureş, on the east by the Covasna county, on the south by the counties of Prahova, Dâmboviţa and Arges and to the west by the Sibiu county.
- 3.1 Biggest Towns in the county of Braşov
Demography
In 2002, the county 588 366 inhabitants and a population density of 110 inhabitants per km ². Besides Romanians, which form the main population, there are still German -speaking and Hungarian-speaking population shares.
2011 had 549 217 inhabitants of the district of Braşov thus a population density of about 102 inhabitants per km ².
Geography
Waters
Main river is the Olt (Alt ), which crosses the county of Braşov on a length of 210 km. Its tributaries are: Baraolt, Vârghiş, Aita, Homorodul Vechi, Valea Mare, Raul Negru, Timiş, Bârsa, Ghimbăşel, Sinca, Sâmbăta, Vulcăniţa, Sebes, Berivoiul, Breaza, Vistea and Rodbav.
Climate
The climate is continental, cool and wet in the mountain areas with relatively low rainfall and slightly higher temperatures in the lower layers.
The lowest temperature in Romania was registered on 25 January 1942 in the municipality of Bod ( Brenndorf ) with -38.5 ° C. The winds reached in the peaks of the mountains often up to 25-30 m / s The predominant wind direction is west.
Landscapes
The circle Braşov has a total area of 5363 km ², representing 2.2 % of the area of Romania. His heath landscape is hilly and rises from north to south at an altitude of. In the middle valleys dominate, separated by the persani Mountains (ghost woods ). To the northwest is a part of the Harbach - highlands. To the south rise the Fagaras Mountains, the Bucegi Mountains ( Butsch Adige mountains), the Piatra Craiului Mountain ( Königstein ), the Postavarul Mountains ( Schuler ), the Piatra Mare Mountains ( Hohenstein ) and the CIUCAS Mountains ( crows stone).
At the summit Omul in Bucegi Mountains ( Munţii Bucegi ), the lowest annual average temperature of -2.6 ° C to be measured; the highest annual rainfall in the district is an average of 1,346 mm and the average annual temperature of Brasov County is 8 ° C.
Cities and Towns
The circle consists of Braşov official 166 villages. Of these, 10 have the status of a city, 48 to a community. The rest are assigned to administrative cities and towns.