Umbrărești 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 ...

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with a population of 6,628 people. It is composed of six villages: Condrea, Salcia, Siliștea, Torcești, Umbrărești, and Umbrărești-Deal. Umbrărești-Deal was established in 1933 as ''Generalul

Eremia Grigorescu Eremia Teofil Grigorescu (28 November 1863 – 21 July 1919) was a Romanian general who served as the commander of the 1st Romanian Army during the First World War. He also served as Minister of War in the Constantin Coandă cabinet. Early ...

''. During the early

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, the name was changed to '' Vasile Roaită'' in 1950; this remained until 1996 when the present name was assigned.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Umbraresti Communes in Galați County Localities in Western Moldavia Populated places established in 1933 1933 establishments in Romania