Brăhășești is a commune in Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Brăhășești, Corcioveni, Cosițeni, and Toflea.
At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 8,847; of those, 59.17% were Roma and 24.69% Romanians. In 2019 the social affairs officer of the German city of Hagen concluded that some 4,500 Roma had moved there since 2014; according to the statement, about half of the population of Toflea had migrated to Hagen.Thomas Hauser: "Halbes rumänisches Dorf zieht nach Hagen: So hilft die Stadt bei der Integration" Focus.de, 30 March 2019, retrieved 6 October 2024 At the 2021 census, Brăhășești had a population of 9,091; of those, 58.77% were Roma and 21.54% Romanians.
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