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Brașov County

Județul Brașov

County

Administrative map

Coat of arms

Location of Brașov County in Romania

Country

Romania

Development region¹

Centru

Historic region

Transylvania

Capital city (Reședință de județ)

Brașov

Government

• Type

County Board

Area

• Total

5,363 km² (2,071 sq mi)

Area 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

Area code(s)

+40 x68⁴

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

Braşov ((); Hungarian: Brassó) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Braşov County is Braşov.