Munteni is a commune in

Galați County Galați () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galați, between latitude, 45°25'N and latitude, 46°10'N latitude, longitude, 27°20'E and longitude, 28°10'E longitude. It borders the counties of Vaslu ...

Western Moldavia Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the P ...

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 ...

with a population of 6,791 people. It is composed of four villages: Frunzeasca, Munteni, Țigănești, and Ungureni. It also included two other villages until 2004, when they were split off to form Negrilești Commune.

Natives

Cocuța Conachi Ecaterina ''Cocuța'' Conachi (2 April 1829 – 22 February 1870) was a Romanian princess and revolutionary. She is known for her activism and work for the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia. She belonged to the Conachi family. Ecaterina Conach ...

(1829–1870), princess and revolutionary *

Costache Conachi Costache Conachi (; b. September 14/25, 1778, Munteni, Țigănești, Tecuci County, Moldavia – d. February 4/16, 1849, Munteni, Țigănești, Tecuci County, Moldavia, actually Galați County, Romania) was a Romanian boyar, politician, poet and w ...

(1777–1849), writer * Gabriel Marin (born 1972), rower * Eugenio Ruspoli (1866–1893), Italian explorer and naturalist * Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (1867–1963), Italian prince

References

Communes in Galați County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Galați-geo-stub