Brașov County
Brașov County is a county of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" Burzenland and Făgăraș.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Top destinations include Brașov and Făgăraș.
Brașov
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Brașov is a city in Transylvania, Romania. It's set in the Carpathian Mountains in the centre of the country, 180 km from Bucharest. It's mostly a modern industrial city with a population of about 250,000, but the reason to visit is the well-preserved Old Town.
Făgăraș
Făgăraș is a city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt River and has a population of 26,284 as of 2021. It is situated in the historical region of Transylvania, and is the main city of a subregion, Țara Făgărașului.
Râșnov
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Râșnov is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 15,920 as of 2021. It is located at about 15 km southwest of the city of Brașov and about the same distance from Bran, on DN73, a road that links Wallachia and Transylvania.
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Săcele
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Săcele is a city in Brașov County, Romania, in the Burzenland area of southeastern Transylvania, with a population of 30,920 inhabitants in 2021. It is adjacent to the city of Brașov, its city centre being situated 15 kilometres away from downtown Brașov.
Bran
Bran is a village in southern Transylvania, in Brașov County. It's famous for Bran Castle, guarding the pass between Wallachia and Transylvania.
Predeal
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Predeal is a resort town in the Transylvania region of Romania, in Brașov County. An important mountain resort, Predeal is located on the Prahova Valley and is surrounded by four massifs: Postăvarul, Piatra Mare, Bucegi, and Baiului.
Rupea
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Rupea is a town in Brașov County in Transylvania, Romania. It administers one village, Fișer. Both Fișer and Rupea have fortified churches. Older Romanian names for the settlement include Cohalm and Holuma.
Prejmer
Prejmer is a commune in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Lunca Câlnicului, Prejmer, and Stupinii Prejmerului. Located 18 km northeast of Brașov, the Olt River passes through the commune.
Piatra Craiului National Park
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The Piatra Craiului Mountains are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. Its name is translated as Kings' Rock or The Rock of the Prince.
Poiana Brașov
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Poiana Brașov is a neighborhood of Brașov and a Romanian ski resort. After the 2010s modernization, the ski area has expanded from 50 hectares to 80 hectares and the slope’s length increased from 13.8 km to 23.9 km.
Viscri
Viscri or Deutsch Weisskirch is a village in Brasov County. It is a UNESCO world heritage site.
Brașov County
- Type: county of Romania with 547,000 residents
- Description: county in Romania
- Also known as: “RO122”
- Neighbors: Covasna County, Harghita, Mureș County, and Sibiu County
- Location: Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Brașov County” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Brașov”
- Albanian: “Qarku Braşov”
- Albanian: “Qarku Brașov”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة براسوف”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة براشوف”
- Aragonese: “Brașov”
- Aragonese: “Provincia de Brașov”
- Armenian: “Բրաշով”
- Azerbaijani: “Braşov (judets)”
- Azerbaijani: “Braşov”
- Basque: “Braşov konderria”
- Basque: “Brașov konderria”
- Belarusian: “Брашоў (жудзец)”
- Belarusian: “Брашоў”
- Belarusian: “жудзец Брашоў”
- Bengali: “ব্রাসোভ কাউন্টি”
- Bosnian: “Brașov (okrug)”
- Bosnian: “Brașov”
- Bulgarian: “Брашов”
- Bulgarian: “Окръг Брашов”
- Catalan: “Comtat de Braşov”
- Catalan: “Província de Braşov”
- Catalan: “Província de Brașov”
- Cebuano: “Județul Brașov”
- Chinese: “Brașov Koān”
- Chinese: “布拉索夫县”
- Chinese: “布拉索夫縣”
- Croatian: “Braşov”
- Croatian: “Brașov”
- Czech: “Brašov”
- Czech: “Braşov”
- Czech: “Brașov”
- Danish: “Brasov”
- Danish: “Braşov”
- Danish: “Brașov”
- Dutch: “Brasov”
- Dutch: “Braşov”
- Dutch: “District Brasov”
- Dutch: “District Braşov”
- Dutch: “District Brașov”
- Esperanto: “Braşov”
- Esperanto: “Brassó megye”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Brasov”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Braşov”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Brașov”
- Estonian: “Braşovi maakond”
- Estonian: “Brașovi maakond”
- Finnish: “Braşov”
- Finnish: “Brașov”
- Finnish: “Braşovin piirikunta”
- French: “Brasov”
- French: “Braşov”
- French: “Brașov”
- French: “district de Braşov”
- French: “Judet de Brasov”
- French: “Judeţ de Brașov”
- French: “Județ de Brașov”
- Galician: “Condado de Brasov”
- Galician: “Condado de Brașov”
- Georgian: “ბრაშოვის ჟუდეცი”
- German: “Bezirk Brașov”
- German: “Bezirk Kronstadt”
- German: “Kreis Brașov”
- German: “RO-BV”
- Greek: “Τζουντέτς του Μπρασόβ”
- Gujarati: “બ્રાસોવ કાઉન્ટી”
- Hebrew: “בראשוב”
- Hindi: “ब्रसोव काउंटी”
- Hungarian: “Brassó megye”
- Indonesian: “County Braşov”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Brasov”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Braşov”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Brașov”
- Irish: “Brașov”
- Italian: “distretto di Brașov”
- Italian: “Distretto di Brașov”
- Italian: “Județul Brașov”
- Japanese: “ブラショヴ県”
- Japanese: “ブラショフ県”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ರಾಸೊವ್ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Brasov wa’layatı”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Brasov wálayatı”
- Korean: “브라소브 주”
- Korean: “브라쇼브주”
- Ladino: “Braşov”
- Ladino: “Brașov”
- Latin: “Braşov”
- Latin: “Brașov”
- Latvian: “Brasovas apgabals”
- Latvian: “Brasovas žudecs”
- Latvian: “Brašovas žudecs”
- Lithuanian: “Brašovo apskritis”
- Lombard: “Distret de Brașov”
- Macedonian: “Брашов”
- Malay: “Wilayah Brașov”
- Marathi: “ब्रॅसोव्ह काउंटी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Brașov Koān”
- Mongolian: “Брашов аймаг”
- Mongolian: “Брашов тойрог”
- Northern Frisian: “Brașov (Kreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Brașov”
- Northern Sami: “Brașov guovlu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Braşov fylke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Braşov Judeţ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Braşov”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Brașov”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brasov fylke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brașov fylke”
- Norwegian: “Brașov”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Județ de Brașov”
- Ossetian: “Брашов (жудец)”
- Ossetian: “Брашов”
- Persian: “شهرستان براشوو”
- Polish: “Okręg Braszów”
- Portuguese: “Braşov”
- Portuguese: “Brașov”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Braşov”
- Romanian: “Brasov”
- Romanian: “Brașov”
- Romanian: “Judetul Brasov”
- Romanian: “Judeţul Braşov”
- Romanian: “Județul Brașov”
- Russian: “Брашов”
- Scots: “Brașov Coonty”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Brașov (Siorrachd)”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Brașov”
- Serbian: “Brašov”
- Serbian: “Judeţul Braşov”
- Serbian: “Брашов”
- Serbian: “Жупанија Брашов”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Brașov”
- Sinhala: “බ්රසෝව් ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovak: “Brašov”
- Slovak: “Brașov”
- Slovenian: “Brașov”
- Slovenian: “RO-BV”
- Spanish: “Brasov”
- Spanish: “Braşov”
- Spanish: “Brașov”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Braşov”
- Spanish: “distrito de Brașov”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Brașov”
- Swedish: “Braşov”
- Swedish: “Brașov”
- Tajik: “Vilojati Brașov”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Брашов”
- Tamil: “ப்ரஸ்ஒவ் கவுண்டி”
- Telugu: “బ్రాసోవ్ కౌంటీ”
- Thai: “เทศมณฑลบราชอฟ”
- Turkish: “Brasov ili”
- Turkish: “Braşov ili”
- Turkish: “Brașov ili”
- Turkish: “Brașov”
- Ukrainian: “Брашов”
- Urdu: “براشوو کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Brașov”
- Vietnamese: “Hạt Brasov”
- Walloon: “Braşov”
- Walloon: “Brașov”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kondado han Brașov”
- Welsh: “Sir Brașov”
- Western Panjabi: “براشوو کاؤنٹی”
- Wu Chinese: “布拉索夫县”
- “Brașov (județ)”
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