The Urechești CommuneVrance County

Studenți Daraban Isabela Silvia

Baicu GabrielMarin Florin

LOCATION

• Urecheşti is a commune located in Urecheşti is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Urecheşti. composed of a single village, Urecheşti. It also included Popeşti and Tercheşti It also included Popeşti and Tercheşti villages until 2003, when they were split villages until 2003, when they were split off to form Popeşti Commune.off to form Popeşti Commune.

Settlement• The commune is located The commune is located

in the south part of the in the south part of the County, in an plain area , County, in an plain area , on the left bank of the on the left bank of the river Oreavu. In the east river Oreavu. In the east part it is traversed by the part it is traversed by the national road DN2, this national road DN2, this road connects Focșani road connects Focșani and Buzău. and Buzău.

• The Urechești commune is crossed by the road

DJ205B(this route is a ramnification of DN2), which connects the villages Cotești,

Cârligele, Vârteșcoiu, Broșteni, Odobești și

Bolotești (were intersects with DN2D).

DemographicsDemographics

• According to the census made in According to the census made in 2011, the population of Urechești 2011, the population of Urechești consisted in 2,532 inhabitants, consisted in 2,532 inhabitants, declining in relation to previous declining in relation to previous census in 2002, when it registered census in 2002, when it registered 2,736 inhabitants. 2,736 inhabitants.

• The majority of the inhabitants are The majority of the inhabitants are Romanians (95,54%). For 3.63% of the Romanians (95,54%). For 3.63% of the population, the ethnic membership is not population, the ethnic membership is not known. From the religious point of view, known. From the religious point of view, most of the inhabitants are Orthodox most of the inhabitants are Orthodox (95.5%). For 4.5% of the population, it is (95.5%). For 4.5% of the population, it is not known the religious orientation. not known the religious orientation.

History• At the end of the 19th century, the Urechești commune

was part of the Marginea de Sus Region of Râmnicu Sărat County and it was constituted of two villages: Urechești and Palanca, having a total number of 1675 inhabitants. In the municipality were three churches (the first was the Vărzărești Hermitage, the second was Urechești Church built by Toma's family in 1837 and the third was in Palanca built in 1840 ) and a school founded in 1892. According to the statistics made in 1925 the Urechești commune was part of the Plăinești Region , with a population of 2610.

• In 1950, it was allocated to the Focșani In 1950, it was allocated to the Focșani district, part of the Putna region, and then district, part of the Putna region, and then (after 1952) in Bârlad region and (after 1956) (after 1952) in Bârlad region and (after 1956) in the Galați region. With the administrative in the Galați region. With the administrative reorganization in 1968, the commune of reorganization in 1968, the commune of Urechești passed to the Vrancea County and Urechești passed to the Vrancea County and the villages Popești, Palanca and Toharca the villages Popești, Palanca and Toharca became part of it. The commune of Popești became part of it. The commune of Popești was separated again in 2003.was separated again in 2003.

Historic monuments

• In Urechești are two goals, included in the list of historical monuments for Vrancea County as monuments of local interest.

• One is the archaeological site of Titila-Câța, point located to the West of the former village of Palanca, that contains traces of a settlements belong to the eneolithic (Cucuteni culture, phase A), the Bronze Age, the Latène (geto-Dacian culture).

• The other goal was classified as a monument of architecture. It is the Vărzărești Monastery and contains two churches “Adomirea Maicii Domnului" (1644) and "Sfântul Gheorghe" (1898).

Area Activities• The Urechești Locality is classified as having,

predominantly, agricultural functions. The main activity of the inhabitants is agriculture, cattle breeding and cultivation of vines. Agricultural density is specific to the hills and lowlands areas where most of it are covered with cultivated lands. Vineyards occupy 25.56%, the orchards 1.17% and the pastures 3,78% of the administrative total. The productions varies depending on the meteorological factors of that year.

Bibliography

• https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comuna_Ureche%C8%99ti,_Vrancea

• ^ „Comuna Urechești în Anuarul Socec al României-mari”. Biblioteca Congresului SUA. Accesat la 10 mai 2013.

• http://primariaurechesti.ro/