Breaza
Commune
Coat of arms of Breaza
Coat of arms
Location in Suceava County
Location in Suceava County
Breaza is located in Romania
Breaza
Breaza
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°37′N 25°20′E / 47.617°N 25.333°E / 47.617; 25.333
CountryRomania
CountySuceava
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
1,360
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.SV

Breaza (Ukrainian: Бряза) is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Breaza, Breaza de Sus and Pârâu Negrei.

The commune shares its name with Breaza, Prahova County, its name being derived from a Slavic word, breza, meaning "birch tree".[2] Inhabited by a majority of Ukrainians up to the 1930s, the ethnicity and language of all its inhabitants are today reported as Romanian.

Breaza is located at a distance of 359 km north of Bucharest, 69 km west of Suceava.

Population

The commune includes the following villages:

  • Breaza (Ukrainian: Бряза) (1159 inhabitants)
  • Breaza de Sus (Ukrainian: Бряза-де-Сус) (333 inhabitants)
  • Pârâu Negrei (Ukrainian: Пириу-Негрей) (198 inhabitants)

According to the 2002 census,[3] there were 1,690 people living in the commune, all of them Romanians. According to the 2011 census, 98.88% are Romanians and 0.86% of unknown ethnicity. All the inhabitants of the commune called Romanian their native language. As a result of Romanization, the national composition of the commune changed dramatically compared to 1930 (60.03% of Ruthenians, 5.95% of Jews, 1.08% of Russians, 0.7% of Germans, 0.06% of Poles, and 32.13% of Romanians). In the 1930 census, Ruthenians (Ukrainians) and Russians were counted separately.

As of religion, the composition of the population of the commune today is: 99.1% Orthodox, 0.7% Adventeists, 0.2% Pentecostals.

References

  1. ↑ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. ↑ Iordan, Iorgu (1963). Toponimia romînească. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne. p. 80. OCLC 460710897.
  3. ↑ "Structura Etno-demografică a României" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
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