Broșteni

Broşteni is located on the Bistrița River in the Eastern Carpathians , between the Stânişoara Mountains in the northeast and Bistrița in the southwest. The district capital Suceava is located about 60 km northeast.

history

A document from 1630 shows that the area of the present-day town belonged to the Voroneț Monastery since 1488 . Broşteni remained under his rule until 1807. The church was built in 1779. Then the place came into the possession of the noble Bals family until 1877. During this time, the extraction and processing of wood developed in Broşteni on a larger scale. In 1831 the place became the seat of the municipality. The first school opened in 1840. In 1877 the lands were acquired by King Carol I ; Broșteni was connected to the telegraph network . The place suffered destruction in the First World War . After the Communists came to power, the royal property was nationalized. Some industrial plants (textile production, wood processing) and apartment blocks were built. Mining was carried out in the surrounding mountains (including manganese ).

After the Romanian Revolution in 1989 , the economic structure of the municipality changed due to the loss of many industrial jobs. In 2004 the place was declared a city.

The most important branches of industry are cattle breeding as well as wood extraction and processing.

population

In 1930 there were around 2500 people living in the area of today's city. The 2002 census counted 6603 inhabitants, including 6579 Romanians and 11 Hungarians . About 2300 lived in Broşteni itself, the rest in the incorporated villages.

traffic

Broșteni has no rail connection. Several times a day there are buses to Piatra Neamț , Vatra Dornei and Câmpulung Moldovenesc . The city is located on the National Road Drum național 17B from Poiana Largului to Vatra Dornei.