Brazi is a commune in Prahova County , Muntenia , Romania . It is composed of six villages: Bătești, Brazii de Jos, Brazii de Sus (the commune centre), Negoiești, Popești, and Stejaru.
5-461: Its name translates to "firs" as in the tree. In 1948, the commune had a population of 1,530. By the 2011 census , the population of Brazi had increased to 8,094, of which 97.63% were Romanians . At the 2021 census , there were 7,811 inhabitants; of those, 92.7% were Romanians. The Petrobrazi Refinery (one of the largest Romanian oil refineries and one of the largest in Eastern Europe)
10-568: Is located in Brazi. The headquarters of the 635th Anti-aircraft Defense Battalion "Precista" of the 1st Maneuver Support Brigade "Argedava" is located in Negoiești village. This Prahova County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2011 Romanian census The 2011 Romanian census was a census held in Romania between 20 and 31 October 2011. It
15-484: The 100 questions related to the respondent's ethnicity, mother language, religion, and possible disabilities were not mandatory. Preliminary results were released once on 2 February 2012 and again on 20 August 2012. The final definitive result of the census came out on 4 July 2013, showing that, among other things, Romania had lost 1,559,300 people since the 2002 census , consequently having 20,121,641 inhabitants. Some people like sociologist Vasile Ghețău, director of
20-584: The Center of Demographic Studies of the Romanian Academy and professor at the University of Bucharest , criticized the way the 2011 census was conducted. He mentioned problems such as people confusing the census taker, the use of old maps of the statistical sectors, some people giving incorrect data or no data at all, the "anti-census" attitude of the press and others, concluding that the "failure" of
25-478: Was performed by some 120,000 census takers in around 101,000 statistic sectors throughout the country established by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Romania. Preparations started already in 2009, and it was announced that the process would not end until 2014. Anyone who did not answer questions in the census questionnaire would be fined between 1,500 and 4,500 Romanian lei , although 4 of
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