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{{Infobox settlement <!--more fields are available for this Infobox--See Template:Infobox Settlement-->
| official_name = Brașov
| other_name = {{lang-de|Kronstadt}}<br />
| settlement_type = [[Municipiu|City]]▼
[[Transylvanian Saxon dialect|Transylvanian Saxon]]: Kruhnen <br />
| image_skyline = {{multiple image
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| image_caption = From top, left to right: Panoramic view of the Old Town, Republicii Street, [[Piața Sfatului]] (Council Square), Catherine's gate, [[Biserica Neagră]] (Black Church), Brașov fortress, Cetățuia de pe Strajă
| image_flag =
| image_shield =
| shield_size = 70px
| image_map = Brasov jud Brasov.svg
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| leader_party = [[Save Romania Union|USR]]
| leader_title = Mayor {{no bold|(2020–2024)}}
| leader_name = [[Allen Coliban]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=9 June 2021 |df=dmy-all |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009164915/https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 267.32
| area_metro_km2 = 1368.5
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'''Brașov''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|b|r|æ|ˈ|ʃ|ɒ|v}}, {{IPAc-en|US|b|r|ɑː|ˈ|ʃ|ɔː|v|,_|-|ɔː|f}},<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Brasov|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190510204506/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/Brasov "Braşov"] (US) and {{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Bra%C5%9Fov |title=Braşov |dictionary=[[Lexico|Oxford Dictionaries]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Braşov|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref> {{IPA
According to the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], with 237,589 inhabitants, Brașov is the [[Cities in Romania|6th most populous city]] in Romania.<ref name="RPL2021"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-26058967-harta-interactiva-populatia-romaniei-fiecare-localitate-din-tara-recensamantul-2021-2011-cele-mai-mari-creseri-cele-mai-drastice-scaderi.htm|title=Populația României în fiecare localitate din țară - Recensământul 2021 vs. 2011|publisher=hotnews.ro|language=ro|date=2 February 2023}}</ref> The [[Brașov metropolitan area|metropolitan area]] was home to 371,802 residents.<ref name="RPL2021"/>
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According to Dragoș Moldovanu, the name of Brașov came from the name of local river named Bârsa (also pronounced as "Bărsa") that was adopted by Slavs and transformed to Barsa, and later to Barsov, finally to Brasov.<ref>Dragoș Moldovanu, Toponimie de origine romană în Transilvania și în sud-vestul Moldovei, Anuarul de lingvistică și istorie literară, XLIX-L, 2009–2010, Bucuresti, p 59</ref> According to Pál Binder, the current Romanian and the Hungarian name {{lang|hu|Brassó}} ({{IPA-hu|ˈbrɒʃʃoː|}}) are derived from the [[Pecheneg language|Turkic]] word ''barasu'', meaning "white water" with a Slavic suffix ''-ov''.<ref>Alexandru Madgearu, [http://arheologie.ulbsibiu.ro/publicatii/bibliotheca/relatii%20interetnice%20in%20transilvania/6%20madgearu/articol1.htm "Români și pecenegi în sudul Transilvaniei"] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20100108011943/http://arheologie.ulbsibiu.ro/publicatii/bibliotheca/relatii%20interetnice%20in%20transilvania/6%20madgearu/articol1.htm|date=2010-01-08}}, Editura Economică, 2005, {{ISBN|973-709-158-2}}</ref> Other linguists proposed various etymologies including an Old Slavic anthroponym Brasa.<ref>Drăganu, Nicolae "Români in veacurile IX—XIV pe baza toponimiei şi a onomasticei" (The Romanians in the 9th - 14th Centuries According to Toponymy and Onomastics), Imprimeria Națională, 1933, București, p.560</ref><ref>Austerlitz, Robert ""Brasov-Brasso'-Kronstadt-Berries and Bushes", in Xenia Slavica; Papers Presented to Gojko Ruzicic on the Occasion of his Seventy-Fifth Birthday, 2 February 1969, [[Rado Lencek]] and [[Boris Unbegaun|Boris O. Unbegaun]], eds. (The Hague: Mouton, 1957), p.19</ref> The first attested mention of this name is ''Terra Saxonum de Barasu'' ("[[Transylvanian Saxons|Saxon]] Land of Baras") in a 1252 document issued by [[Béla IV of Hungary]].<ref name="Orbán Balázs 1868" /> According to some historians, ''Corona'' was name of the city-fortress while ''Brassó'' was referring to the [[Brassó County|county]], while others consider both names may refer to the city and the county as well.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
===Corona, Kronstadt===
According to Balázs Orbán, the name ''Corona'' – a Latin word meaning "crown" – is first mentioned in the Catalogus Ninivensis in 1235 AD, stating a monastic quarter existed in the territory of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cumania]] (''In Hungaria assignata est paternitas Dyocesis Cumanie: Corona'').<ref name="Orbán Balázs 1868">{{cite book |author=Orbán Balázs |author-link=
===Stephanopolis, Orașul Stalin===
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Another historical name used for Brașov is ''Stephanopolis'',<ref>J. G. Th. Graesse: ''[[Orbis Latinus]]'', G. Schönfeld, Dresden 1861, {{URN|nbn:de:s2w-3093}} ([http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/Graesse/contents.html html, with alphabetical search index]<!-- [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_xfY_AAAAIAAJ pdf], s. nichtkommerzielle URN -->).</ref> 'from "Stephanos", crown, and "polis", city.
==History==
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== Economy ==
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[[File:UTB - IAR-22 tractor 1.jpg|thumb|First Romanian-made tractor, the IAR 22, on display in front of the [https://coresibrasov.ro/ Coresi Shopping Resort]]]
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== Administration ==
Brașov is administered by a
The Brașov Local Council, elected at the [[2020 Romanian local elections]], is made up of 27 counselors, with the following party composition:
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*Colegiul de Științe ale Naturii "Emil Racoviță"
*Liceul "Nicolae Titulescu"
*Liceul Vocațional de
*Liceul Vocațional de Arte Plastice "Hans Mattis-Teutsch"
*Liceul cu Program Sportiv
*Colegiul de Științe "Grigore Antipa”
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Temperatures from May to September fluctuate around {{convert|23|°C|0|abbr=on}}. Brașov benefits from a winter tourism season centred on [[winter sports]] and other activities. [[Poiana Brașov]] is the most popular Romanian [[ski resort]] and an important tourist centre preferred by many tourists from other European states.
The city ranks on the second place in terms of tourism arrivals countrywide, after the capital [[Bucharest]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.brasov.net/brasovul-pe-locul-doi-dupa-bucuresti-la-numarul-de-turisti-sinaia-si-predeal-statiunile-preferate-pentru-vacantele-la-munte/ | title=Braşovul, pe locul doi după Bucureşti, la numărul de turişti. Sinaia şi Predeal, staţiunile preferate pentru vacanţele la munte | date=17 January 2024 }}</ref>
=== Sights ===
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Brașov is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Statutul Municipiului Braşov|url=https://www.brasovcity.ro/file-zone/regulamente/primarie/Statutul-mun-Brasov.pdf|publisher=Brașov|pages=66–67|language=ro|access-date=2021-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cleveland's Sister Cities|url=http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/CityofCleveland/Home/Government/MayorsOffice/Office_of_Government_Affairs/SisterCities|publisher=City of Cleveland|access-date=2021-11-25|archive-date=2015-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615142633/http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/CityofCleveland/Home/Government/MayorsOffice/Office_of_Government_Affairs/SisterCities|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Bijeljina]], Republika Srpska / Bosnia and Herzegovina
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cleveland]], United States
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Győr]], Hungary
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* [http://www.brasovcity.ro/ City Hall official website]
* [http://turism.brasovcity.ro/ Tourism official website]
{{Brașov County}}
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