RAT Brașov
RATBV S.A., formerly Regia Autonomă de Transport Brașov ( en, Autonomous Transportation Board of Brașov), and commonly referred to as RAT Brașov, is the only public transport operator in the city of Brașov, Romania. It is owned by the Brașov Municipality and it operates on a network of 43 routes inside Brașov, summing up to 664 km, with a fleet of over 225 vehicles. It is also operating 19 routes within the Brașov Metropolitan Area. History The following is a chronological list of events related to Road transport, road or Rail transport, rail transport in and around Brașov, as well as relevant historical information. The Political division, administrative divisions and predominant/official languages consistently change over time; in Saxon cities and villages like Braşov, German language, German was predominant until the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Romanian language, Romanian and for a few decades, Hungarian language, Hungarian, increase in use, ultima ...
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Brașov
Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a population of 253,200 making it the 7th most populous city in Romania. The metropolitan area is home to 382,896 residents. Brașov is located in the central part of the country, about north of Bucharest and from the Black Sea. It is surrounded by the Southern Carpathians and is part of the historical region of Transylvania. Historically, the city was the center of the Burzenland, once dominated by the Transylvanian Saxons, and a significant commercial hub on the trade roads between Austria (then Archduchy of Austria, within the Habsburg monarchy, and subsequently Austrian Empire) and Turkey (then Ottoman Empire). It is also where the national anthem of Romania was first sung. Names Brassovia, Brassó, Brașov, etc. According to Dragoș Mo ...
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