Brad is a city in Hunedoara County

Hunedoara County

Hunedoara is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 485,712 and the population density was 69/km².*Romanians - 92%*Hungarians - 5%*Romas - 2%*Germans under 1%....

 in Romania

Romania

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. Its name comes from the Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

 word brad, "fir

Fir

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• Romanians
  Romanians
  The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
  
   - 15,945
• Hungarians - 299
• Roma - 157
• Germans
  Transylvanian Saxons
  The Transylvanian Saxons are a people of German ethnicity who settled in Transylvania from the 12th century onwards.The colonization of Transylvania by Germans was begun by King Géza II of Hungary . For decades, the main task of the German settlers was to defend the southeastern border of the...
  
  - 53
• Others - 31

Five villages are administered by the city: Mesteacăn (Mesztákon), Potingani (Pottingány), Ruda-Brad (Ruda), Ţărăţel (Cerecel) and Valea Bradului (Vályabrád).

History

The city was first documented in 300 BC. At first it was a gold mine, and the town developed around it. Gold mining is still active today.