Reghiu is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

located in

Vrancea County Vrancea () is a county ( județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is composed of eight villages: Farcaș, Jgheaburi, Piscu Reghiului, Răiuți, Reghiu, Șindrilari, Ursoaia, and Valea Milcovului.

Geography

The commune is located in the central-west part of the county, from the county seat,

Focșani Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curv ...

, in a hilly area at the foot of the

Curvature Carpathians The Sub Carpathians of Curvature, ''Ciucaș'', or Curvature Carpathians ( ro, Carpații de Curbură, hu, Kárpátkanyar), are located between the Trotuș and Slănic rivers in Romania. They are a range of high hills (800–900 m), with knolls ...

. It lies on the banks of the Milcov River, the traditional boundary between

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...

and

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centr ...

; the Reghiu River flows into the Milcov in the village Reghiu. It is crossed by the

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, which connects it to the south with Andreiașu de Jos and

Nereju Nereju is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Brădăcești, Chiricani (or ''Chiricari''), Nereju, Nereju Mic and Sahastru. Nereju, Nereju Mic and Brădăcești lie along the Zăbala R ...

, and to the east with Mera, Broșteni,

Odobești Odobești () is a town in Vrancea County, Western Moldavia, Romania. The town administers one village, Unirea. The town is located in the central part of the county, on the banks of the Milcov River, northwest of the county seat, Focșani. ...

, and

(where it ends in ).

History

At the end of the 19th century, the villages and the current territory of the commune were part of the neighboring communes of Mera and

Năruja Năruja is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria ...

. The Socec yearbook from 1924 records the appearance of Reghiu commune in plasa Gârlele of

Putna County Putna County was a county (Romanian language, Romanian: ''județ'') in the Kingdom of Romania, in southern Moldavia. The county seat was Focșani. The county was located in the central-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the south of Moldavia. To ...

, with 2,053 inhabitants in the villages of Andriași and Reghiu. In 1931, the commune took its current form, comprising at the time the villages of Farcaș, Jgheaburi, Pârlita, Răiuț, Reghiu, Ursoaia, Valea Boului, and Valea Milcovului. In 1950, the commune was transferred to the Năruja

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

of ; two years later it became part of the Focșani raion of

Bârlad Region Regiunea Bârlad (Bârlad Region) was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. History The capital of the region was Bârlad, ...

, and in 1956 it was transferred to the . The village of Valea Boului took the name of Piscu Reghiului in 1964. In 1968, Reghiu became part of Vrancea County, in its present form.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,126, of which 98.12% were ethnic

Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...

References

Communes in Vrancea County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Vrancea-geo-stub