Brăila County

Location of Brăila County in Romania

Map of Brăila County

Coat of arms of the Brăila County

Coat of arms of the Brăila district, at the time of Real Socialism

Coat of arms of the Brăila County, in the interwar period

Brăila ([ brəˈila ]; pronunciation ^?^/^I ) is a Romanian district ( Romanian Județ ) in the Wallachia region with the district town of Brăila . Its common abbreviation and the license plate are BR.

The Brăila County borders in the north to the counties Vrancea and Galati , in the east of the county of Tulcea , in the south of the circles Constanta and Ialomita and in the west to the county Buzau .

Demographics

In 2002 the Brăila County had 373,174 inhabitants and a population density of 78 inhabitants per km².

In 2011 the district of Brăila had 321,212 inhabitants and a population density of 67 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of 4766 km², which corresponds to almost 2% of the area of Romania.

cities and communes

Status of the localities

The Brăila County officially consists of 144 localities. Five of them have the status of a city, 40 that of a municipality. The rest are administratively assigned to the cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality	Residents
Brăila	180.302
Ianca	010,343
Însurăței	006,528
Viziru	005,906
Chiscani	005,340
Tufeşti	005,226
Șuțeşti	004,428
Vădeni	004.127
Movila Miresii	004,051
Făurei	003,592
(As of October 20, 2011)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Censuses in Romania at citypopulation.de

Web links

Commons : Brăila county - collection of images, videos and audio files

[VZRO-1] Censuses in Romania at citypopulation.de