Gologanu 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 a single village, Gologanu, and was part of

Milcovul Milcovul (called Risipiți until 1964) is a commune in Vrancea County, Romania. It is located in the historical region of Muntenia. It is composed of two villages, Lămotești and Milcovul, and also included Gologanu and Răstoaca from 1968, unt ...

commune from 1968 until 2004, when it split off.

Geography

The commune is located in the southeastern part of the county, on the banks of the river Râmna. Gologanu is crossed by

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, which connects it to 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 ...

, to the northeast. It neighbors the following communes:

to the north,

Tătăranu Tătăranu is a commune located in Vrancea County, 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 we ...

to the south,

Răstoaca Răstoaca is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Răstoaca, and was part of Milcovul commune from 1968 until 2004, when it was split off. The commune is located in the southern part of the county, ...

to the east, and

Slobozia Ciorăști Slobozia Ciorăști is a commune located in Vrancea County, 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 t ...

to the west.

History

At the end of the 19th century, the commune was part of '' plasa'' Marginea de Sus of

Râmnicu Sărat County Râmnicu Sărat County is one of the historic counties of Muntenia, Romania. The county seat was Râmnicu Sărat. Geography Râmnicu Sărat County covered 3,324 km2 and was located in central-south-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the nort ...

; it consisted of the villages of Gologanu and Vlădulești, with a population of 1,570 inhabitants. A church built in 1859 and a school with 53 students established in 1880 functioned in the commune. The Socec yearbook recorded the commune in the same composition (the village of Vlădulești was then called Vlăduleasa), in ''plasa'' Cotești of the same county, with a population of 2,100 inhabitants. In 1950, the commune passed under the administration of the Focșani

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of the ; in 1952 it was moved to the

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and in 1956 to the . In 1968, it was transferred to Vrancea County, but it was immediately abolished and included in the Milcovul commune, while the village of Vlăduleasca was abolished and incorporated into the village of Gologanu. The commune was re-established in 2004, in its current structure.

References

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