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Country
  
Romania

Status
  
Municipality

Website
  
http://www.e-brad.ro/

Population
  
13,909 (2011)

County
  
Hunedoara County

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
79.98 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 8:35 AM

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Weather
  
3°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 57% Humidity

Brad ([brad]; Hungarian: Brád; German: Tannenhof) is a city in Hunedoara County in Romania. Its name comes from the Romanian word brad, "fir".

Contents

Map of Brad 335200, Romania

Demographics

  • Romanians - 13,534 (97.3%)
  • Romani - 192 (1.38%)
  • Hungarians - 127 (0.91%)
  • Germans - 19 (0.13%)
  • Others - 33

    • Geography

    Five villages are administered by the city: Mesteacăn ("birch"; Mesztákon), Potingani (Pottingány), Ruda-Brad (Ruda), Țărățel (Cerecel) and Valea Bradului ("the valley of the fir tree"; Vályabrád).

    History

    A gold mine in the area began to be exploited in Roman times, and the town developed around it. The earliest documentary mention of Brad dates to 1445. Gold mining was active until 2006.

    Natives

  • Ilarion Felea
  • Teodor Meleșcanu

    • References

    Brad, Hunedoara Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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