Type: | commune |
County: | Suceava |
Population Total: | auto |
Breaza | |
Coordinates: | 47.6167°N 45°W |
Breaza is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Breaza, Breaza de Sus and Pârâu Negrei.
The commune shares its name with Breaza, Prahova County, its name being derived from a Slavic word, breza, meaning "birch tree".[1]
Breaza is located at a distance of 359 km north of Bucharest, 69 km west of Suceava.
The commune includes the following villages:
According to the 2002 census, there were 1,690 people living in the commune, all of them Romanians.[2] 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 of religion, the composition of the population of the commune today is: 99.1% Orthodox, 0.7% Adventeists, 0.2% Pentecostals.