Breaza, Suceava

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

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
CountryRomania
CountySuceava
Population
 (2011-10-31)[1]
1,512
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.SV

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 stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (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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