Brașov Coonty

Brașov (Romanie pronunciation: [braˈʃov] ( listen)); Hungarian: Brassó) is a coonty (județ) o Romanie, in Transylvanie, wi the caipital ceety at Brașov. The coonty incorporates athin its bundaries maist o the Medieval "lands" (țări) Burzenland an Făgăraș.

Demographics

In 2002, it haed a population o 589,028 an the population density wis 110/km².

Romanians - 87.25%^[1]
Hungarians - 9%
Gypsies - 3%
Ethnic Germans - 0.75%

Year	County population^[2]
1948	300,836
1956	373,941
1966	442,692
1977	582,863
1992	643,261
2002	589,028

Traditionally the Romanie population wis concentratit in the Wast an Sooth-Wast o the Coonty, the Hungarians are in the East pairt o the coonty, an the Germans wur in the North an aroond Brașov ceety.

Geography

The coonty haes a total aurie o 5,363 km².

The Sooth side comprises the Carpathie Muntains (Soothren Carpathians an Eastren Carpathians) wi Făgăraș Muntains, Bucegi Muntains, Piatra Mare Muntains, Piatra Craiului Muntains an the Postăvarul Massif. In the east side there is the Brașov Depression, an in the wast side there is the Olt River valley. Atween them there are the Perşani Muntains. The North an Wast side o the coonty is crossed bi the Olt River.

Neighbours

Covasna Coonty in the East.
Sibiu Coonty in the Wast.
Mureş Coonty an Harghita Coonty in the North.
Argeş Coonty, Dâmboviţa Coonty an Prahova Coonty in the Sooth.

Economy

Braşov is ane o the maist prosperous regions o Romanie an haes a tradition in industry. Durin WWII, IAR 80 an towards the end o the war Bf109, fechter aircraft wur built in Braşov. Durin the communist period it wis hivily industrialised, an its heritage wur some vera lairge industrial complexes. Some o them managed tae survive an adapt tae the caipitalist type mercat economy, some o them didna, leavin ahint them a heich rate o unemployment. Due tae new investments, mainly foreign anes, the economy managed tae pairtially recover.

The predominant industries in the coonty are: