Reghiu 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 ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. 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 (; ) 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 66,719. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curvature Carpathians, at a point of ...

, in a hilly area at the foot of the

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

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...

and

Moldavia Moldavia (, or ; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ) is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially in ...

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

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...

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

Nereju Nereju is a 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 River, while Chir ...

, 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 F ...

, 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 in Romania, commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Năruja, Podu Nărujei, Podu Stoica, Rebegari, along with Lunca Narujei. References

Communes in Vrancea County Localities in ...

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

Putna County Putna County was a county ( 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. Today, most of the t ...

, 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 c ...

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 Regions of the People's Republic of Romania, divisions of the Socialist Republic of Romania, People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet Union, S ...

, 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 Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

References

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