Brașov County

Brașov County

Județul Brașov
Brașov County Județul Brașov
County
	Administrative map
	Coat of arms
	Location of Brașov County in Romania
	Coordinates: 45°47′N 25°17′E / 45.79°N 25.28°E
Country	Romania
Development region1	Centru
Historic region	Transylvania
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Brașov
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Adrian Veștea (National Liberal Party)
• Prefect2	Marian Rasaliu
Area
• Total	5,363 km2 (2,071 sq mi)
• Rank	25th in Romania
Population (2011 census)
• Total	549,217
• Rank	13th in Romania
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	50wxyz3
Area code	+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