Brasov is a city in Romania and the administrative centre of Brasov County. According to the last Romanian census, from 2011, there were 253,200 people living within the city of Brasov, making it the 7th most populous city in Romania, and the metropolitan area is home to 369,896 residents. Brasov is located in the central part of the country, about 166 kilometres north of Bucharest and 380 kilometres from the Black Sea. It is surrounded by the Southern Carpathians and is part of the Transylvania region.