Brăhășești
Brăhășești | |
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Location in Galați County | |
Brăhășești Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°3′N 27°21′E / 46.050°N 27.350°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Galați |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 9,091 |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Vehicle reg. | GL |
Brăhășești is a commune in Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania with a population of 7,692 people. It is composed of four villages: Brăhășești, Corcioveni, Cosițeni and Toflea.
At the 2011 census, 68.3% of inhabitants were Roma and 31.7% Romanians.
In 2019 the social affairs officer of the German city of Hagen concluded that some 4500 Roma had moved there since 2014. According to the statement, about half of the population of Toflea had migrated to Hagen.[2]
References
- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ Thomas Hauser: "Halbes rumänisches Dorf zieht nach Hagen: So hilft die Stadt bei der Integration" Focus.de, 30 March 2019, retrieved 6 October 2024