Sihlea 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 River, is in Muntenia. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...

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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. Sihlea is situated on the border with Buzău County, only from Râmnicu Sărat. It lies on the left bank of the river

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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

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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 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 (where it intersects with the same DN2),

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, Dumitrești,

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, and

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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, will enter Vrancea County in Sihlia, continuing north towards Focșani and ending in Siret. Train stations in Voetin and Sihlea villages serve the CFR Main Line 500, which connects

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with the Ukrainian border near

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. According to the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 5,039, of which 90% were ethnic

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and 5.9% were

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Natives

* Gheorghe Buzatu (1939–2013), historian and politician

References

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