Buzau County

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Location of Buzau County in Romania
Map of Buzau County
Coat of arms of the Buzau County
Coat of arms of the Buzau district, at the time of real socialism
Coat of arms of Buzău County, in the interwar period

Buzău ([ buˈzəu̯ ]; pronunciation ? / I ) is a Romanian district (Județ) in the Wallachia region with the district capital Buzău . The license plate number and the common abbreviation for the circle is BZ. Audio file / audio sample

The county Buzau bordered to the north and north-east of the county of Vrancea , in the East to the Brăila County , in the south of the county Ialomita , in the west of the Prahova County and in the northwest to the circles Brasov and Covasna .

Demographics

In 2002 the district had 494,982 inhabitants and a population density of 81 inhabitants per km².

In 2011, the Buzău County had 451,069 inhabitants and a population density of 74 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​6103 km², which corresponds to 2.6% of the area of ​​Romania. The landscape rises from the southeast of the district - the Wallachian Plain (Câmpia Română) - over the heathland and hills with orchards and vineyards in the northwest to the Bozau Mountains (Munții Buzăului) . The main river is the Buzău with its largest tributaries Pănătău , Slănic and Câlnău .

cities and communes

Status of the localities

The Buzau County officially consists of 488 settlements. Five of these have the status of a city, 85 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality Residents
Buzau 115.494
Râmnicu Sărat 033,843
Nehoiu 010,211
Vadu Pașii 009,311
Verneşti 008,633
Berca 008,534
Mărăcineni 008,279
Pătârlagele 007,304
Pogoanele 007,275
Merei 006,927
Smeeni 006,649
Smeeni 006,882
Poșta Câlnău 005,968
Pârscov 005,654
Zărneşti 005,459
(As of October 20, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Buzău County  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)