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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 />
| settlement_type = [[Municipiu|CityMunicipality]]
| 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 = FlagDrapelul ofMunicipiului Brasov,Brașov Romania2024.svgpng
| image_shield = StemaBrasovStema Municipiului Brașov 2024.svgpng
| 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&ndash;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-|ro|braˈʃov|lang|Ro-Brașov.ogg}}; {{lang-de|Kronstadt, also Brasau}}; {{lang-hu|Brassó}}; {{lang-la|Corona}}; [[Transylvanian Saxon dialect|Transylvanian Saxon]]: ''Kruhnen''<!-- Please maintain the naming conventions to include significant names in other languages in the first sentence, per [[WP:PLACE#General_guidelines]]#2.The lead and [[WP:ALTNAME#Usage in first sentence]]-->) is a city in [[Transylvania]], [[Romania]] and the [[county seat]] (i.e. [[administrative centre]]) of [[Brașov County]].
 
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''&nbsp;– a Latin word meaning "crown"&nbsp;– 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=Orbán Balázs (író)Orbán |title=A Székelyföld leírása VI |year=1868 |location=Pest|title-link=A Székelyföld leírása }}</ref> Pál Binder supposed it is a reference to the St. Catherine's Monastery. Others suggest the name derives from the old [[coat of arms]] of the city, as it is symbolized by the German name ''Kronstadt'' meaning "Crown City". The two names of the city, ''Kronstadt'' and ''Corona'', were used simultaneously in the [[Middle Ages]], along with the [[Medieval Latin]] ''Brassovia''.
 
===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.
 
FromOn 195022 toAugust 19601950, during part of the [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Communist period]] in Romania, the cityBrașov was [[List of places in Romania whose names were changed|calledrenamed]] ''Orașul Stalin'' (''lit.'' [[List of places named after Joseph Stalin|Stalin City]]), ''lit.'' "Stalin City", after the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader [[Joseph Stalin]],.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traveltoromania.com/destinations/transylvania/brasov|title=Brasov – Travel To Romania|website=www.traveltoromania.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010045359/http://www.traveltoromania.com/destinations/transylvania/brasov|archive-date=2007-10-10|access-date=2008-01-04}}</ref> and was the capital of [[Stalin Region]]. The name change occurred on 22 August 1950, when [[Constantin Ion Parhon]], the nominal Head of State at the time, issueddecreed athe decreecity whereby Brașov wasbe renamed "in honour of the great genius of working humanity, the leader of the Soviet people, the liberator and beloved friend of our people, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin". The city’s name reverted to Brașov in 1960.
 
==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 Mayormayor and a Locallocal Councilcouncil. The current Mayormayor of Brașov (starting October 28, 2020) is [[Allen Coliban]] from [[Save Romania Union]] (USR).
 
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 ArtăMuzica "Tuodr Ciortea"
*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]
 
* [http://kulturzentrum-kronstadt.ro/ German Cultural Center], kulturzentrum-kronstadt.ro
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150513063749/http://muzeulartabv.ro/home Art Museum Brașov], muzeulartabv.ro
 
{{Brașov County}}