Sihlea is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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** 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
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. It is composed of four villages: Bogza, Căiata, Sihlea, and Voetin.
The commune is located in the southern extremity of the county, from the county capital,
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 ...
. Sihlea is situated on the border with
Buzău County
Buzău County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzău.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 432,054 and the population density was 70.7/km2.
* Romanians – 97%
* Roma ...
, only from
Râmnicu Sărat
Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Sărat'', , german: Rümnick or ''Rebnick''; tr, Remnik) is a city in Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It was first attested in a document of 1439, and raised to the rank of ' ...
. It lies on the left bank of the river
Coțatcu and on both banks of its tributary, the
Slimnic
Slimnic ( hu, Szelindek) is a commune located in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Albi, Pădureni, Ruși, Slimnic and Veseud. Slimnic and Ruși villages have fortified church
A fortified church is a church ...
.
Sihlea is crossed by the
county road
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DJ202E, which connects it to the west with
Obrejița
Obrejița is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Obrejița. It was part of Tâmboești
Tâmboești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Pădureni, Pietroas ...
(where it intersects with
national road
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DN2) and further to
Tâmboești
Tâmboești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Pădureni, Pietroasa, Slimnic, Tâmboești and Trestieni. It also included Obrejița village until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune ...
, and to the south to
Râmnicelu. In the north, it is also crossed by the national road , which connects it to the east with
Tătăranu (where it ends in ) and to the west with
Dumbrăveni
Dumbrăveni (before 1945 ''Ibașfalău''; german: Elisabethstadt; Saxon dialect: ''Eppeschdorf''; hu, Erzsébetváros) is a town in the north of Sibiu County, in the centre of Transylvania, central Romania. The town administers two villages, Ern ...
(where it intersects with the same DN2),
Bordești
Bordești 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 Bulgari ...
,
Dumitrești
Dumitrești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of sixteen villages: Biceștii de Jos, Biceștii de Sus, Blidari, Dumitrești, Dumitreștii de Sus, Dumitreștii-Faţă, Găloiești, Lăstuni, Lupoaia, Motnău, Poieniț ...
,
Chiojdeni, and
Jitia
Jitia is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania
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. The partly built
A7 motorway, which starts in
Ploiești
Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest.
The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commu ...
in the direction of
Buzău
The city of Buzău (formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu''; ) is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Car ...
, will enter Vrancea County in Sihlia, continuing north towards Focșani and ending in
Siret
Siret (; german: Sereth; hu, Szeretvásár; uk, Серет, Seret; yi, סערעט, Seret) is a town, municipality and former Latin bishopric in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Siret is ...
.
Train stations in Voetin and Sihlea villages serve the
CFR Main Line 500, which connects
Bucharest
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with the
Ukrainian border near
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi ( uk, Чернівці́}, ; ro, Cernăuți, ; see also other names) is a city in the historical region of Bukovina, which is now divided along the borders of Romania and Ukraine, including this city, which is situated on the upp ...
.
According to the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 5,039, of which 90% were ethnic
Romanians
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and 5.9% were
Roma
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.
Natives
*
(1939–2013), historian and politician
References
Communes in Vrancea County
Localities in Muntenia
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