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Județul Brăila
Județul Brăila
County (Județ)
	The Brăila County prefecture and court building from the interwar period, now the engineering building of Dunărea de Jos University.
	Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Brăila
Area
• Total	4,286 km2 (1,655 sq mi)
Population (1930)
• Total	219,932
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Brăila County

Județul Brăila
Brăila County Județul Brăila
County
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 45°07′N 27°41′E / 45.11°N 27.68°E
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud-Est
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Brăila
Government
• Type	County Council
• President of the County Council	Francisk-Iulian Chiriac [ro] (PSD)
• Prefect2	Iulian Timofei [ro]
Area
• County	4,766 km2 (1,840 sq mi)
• Rank	32nd in Romania
Population (2021-12-01)
• County	281,452
• Rank	30th in Romania
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	172,533
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	81wxyz3
Area code	+40 x394
Car Plates	BR5
GDP	US$1.930 billion (2015)
GDP/capita	US$6,315 (2015)
Website	County Council; 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

Brăila County (Romanian pronunciation: [brəˈila] ^ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Brăila.

Demographics

At the 2021 Romanian census, Brăila County had a population of 281,452 (172,533 people in urban areas and 108,919 people in rural areas.) and the population density was 59.1/km² (152.9/sq mi).^[2]

Romanians – 98%^[3]
Romani, Russians, Lipovans, Aromanians, and others - c. 2%

Year	County population^[4]
1948	271,251
1956	297,276
1966	339,954
1977	377,954
1992	392,069
2002	373,174
2011	304,925
2021	281,452

Geography

This county has a total area of 4,766 km² (1,840 sq mi).

All the county lies on a flat plane: the Bărăgan Plain, one of the best areas for growing cereals in Romania.

On the east side there is the Danube, which forms an island – the Great Brăila Island –surrounded by the Măcin channel, Cremenea channel, and Vâlciu channel. On the northern side there is the Siret River and on the north-western side there is the Buzău River.

Neighbours

Tulcea County in the east.
Buzău County in the west.
Galați County and Vrancea County in the north.
Ialomița County and Constanța County in the south.

Economy

The agriculture is the main occupation in the county. Industry is almost entirely concentrated in the city of Brăila. The predominant industries in the county are:

Food industry.
Textile industry.
Mechanical components industry.

In Brăila there is an important harbour, once the biggest cereal harbour in Romania.

Tourism

The main tourist destinations are:

The city of Brăila.
The Lacu Sărat resort.

Politics

The Brăila County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 30 counsellors, with the following party composition:^[5]

	Party	Seats	Current County Council
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	17
	National Liberal Party (PNL)	10
	People's Movement Party (PMP)	3

Administrative divisions

Brăila County has 1 municipality, 3 towns, and 40 communes

Municipalities
- Brăila – capital city; population: 154,686 (as of 2021)
Towns

Historical county

Historically, the county was located in the southeastern part of Greater Romania, in the northeastern part of the Muntenia region. Its territory included the portions of the current county to the east and south-east of the Buzău River. It was bordered on the west by the counties of Buzău and Râmnicu-Sărat, to the north by Covurlui County, to the east by Tulcea County, and to the south by the counties of Constanța and Ialomița.

Administration

The county was originally divided administratively into four districts (plăși):^[6]

Plasa Călmățui, with headquarters at Făurei
Plasa Ianca, with headquarters at Ianca
Plasa Silistraru, with headquarters at Silistraru
Plasa Viziru, with headquarters at Viziru

Subsequently, Plasa Călmățui, was abolished and two new districts were established in its place:

Plasa I.I.C. Brătianu, with headquarters at Făurei
Plasa Vădeni, with headquarters at Vădeni

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 219,831 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 89.4% Romanians, 3.1% Jews, 2.2% Greeks, 0.7% Hungarians, 0.6% Russians, as well as other minorities.^[7] From the religious point of view, the population was 93.6% Eastern Orthodox, 3.3% Jewish, 1.2% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.^[8]

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 68,347 inhabitants, comprising 75.4% Romanians, 9.7% Jews, 6.7% Greeks, 1.7% Hungarians, 1.6% Russians, as well as other minorities.^[7] Mother tongues among the urban population were Romanian (82.6%), Greek (5.8%), Yiddish (4.8%), Russian (1.9%), Hungarian (1.5%), as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 84.4% Eastern Orthodox, 10.4% Jewish, 3.2% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.^[8]

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ : 2 februarie 2012 privind rezultatele provizorii ale Recensământului Populaţiei şi Locuinţelor – 2011" (PDF). Recensamantromania.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populația după etnie" Archived 16 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 și 2002" Archived 22 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^ Portretul României Interbelice – Județul Brăila
^ ^a ^b Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 80-81
^ ^a ^b Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 561

[1] "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.

[2] "COMUNICAT DE PRESĂ : 2 februarie 2012 privind rezultatele provizorii ale Recensământului Populaţiei şi Locuinţelor – 2011" (PDF). Recensamantromania.ro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

[3] National Institute of Statistics, "Populația după etnie" Archived 16 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[4] National Institute of Statistics, "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 și 2002" Archived 22 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine

[5] "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2 November 2020.

[Memoria-6] Portretul României Interbelice – Județul Brăila

[Rec_1930_80-7] Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 80-81

[Rec_1930_561-8] Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 561

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Brăila County

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Tourism

Politics

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Historical county

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Population

Urban population

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