Tâmboești is a commune 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 (Siret), Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics At the 2021 Romanian census, 2 ...

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. It is composed of five villages: Pădureni, Pietroasa, Slimnic, Tâmboești, and Trestieni. It also included the village of Obrejița until 2004, when it was split off to form a separate commune.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, Tâmboești had a population of 2,887; of the inhabitants for whom data were available, 50.3% were

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and 49.7% were

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; 86.6% were

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, 9.7%

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, 2.4%

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, and 1.2% Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox. At the 2021 census, the population had increased to 3,151; of those, 59% were Roma and 34.75% Romanians.

Natives

* Ion Gavăț (1900–1978), bobsledder

References

Communes in Vrancea County Localities in Muntenia {{Vrancea-geo-stub