Comăneşti

This article describes the town of Comăneşti in Bacău County (Romania). For other localities with the same name, see Comănești (disambiguation) .

Comăneşti Kománfalva
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	West Moldova
Circle :	Bacau
Coordinates :	46 ° 25 '  N , 26 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 25 '16 "  N , 26 ° 26' 52"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	400  m
Area :	63.86  km²
Residents :	19,568 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	306 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	605200
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 34
License plate :	BC
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Structure :	Comăneşti, Podei , Vermeşti
Mayor :	Viorel Miron ( PNL )
Postal address :	Ciobănuș street, no. 2 loc. Comăneşti, jud. Bacau, RO-605200
Website :	www.primariacomanesti.ro
Others
City Festival :	first week of August

Comăneşti ( Hungarian Kománfalva ) is a city in Bacău County in the historical Moldova region in Romania .

location

The Trotuş near Comăneşti during a flood in July 2004

Comăneşti is located on the Trotuş river on the eastern edge of the Carpathian Mountains in a valley basin named after the city ( Depresiunea Comăneşti ), between the Tarcău mountains in the northwest, Gosman in the north, Berzunt in the east and Ciuc in the southwest. The district capital Bacău is located about 60 kilometers northeast of Comăneşti.

history

The Comăneşti region has been inhabited since the Neolithic . The village was first mentioned in documents in 1409 under the rule of the Moldavian prince Alexandru cel Bun .

From the 17th to the middle of the 20th century, the noble family of Ghica played an important role in the place, who provided several princes of Moldavia and Wallachia and who owned a castle in Comăneşti.

The proximity to an important Carpathian crossing ( Pasul Ghimeş , 1155 m) established a special strategic importance of the place. Mining played an important role in the 19th and 20th centuries ; In 2005 the last coal mine was closed. Since then, forestry and the wood processing industry have been the most important branches of the economy.

1952 Comăneşti received city status.

population

In the 2002 census, 23,679 people lived in Comăneşti, of whom 23,166 were Romanians , 395 Roma , 69 Hungarians , nine Germans , three Italians , two Russians , two Greeks , two Poles , one Chinese and 30 were registered without ethnicity.

traffic

Comăneşti has a station for passenger traffic on the Sfântu Gheorghe – Siculeni – Adjud railway, where express trains also stop. There are also good bus connections to the district capital Bacau. The national road ( Drum național ) DN 12A, which connects Miercurea Ciuc in Harghita County with Oneşti , runs through the city .

Attractions

Ghica palace

In addition to the scenic surroundings, the Ghica Palace is the main tourist attraction.

Born in Comăneşti

• Ilie Verdeț (1925–2001), communist politician
• Anca Grigoraș (* 1957), artistic gymnast
• Ionela Loaieș (* 1979), artistic gymnast

Web links

Commons : Comănești  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Comăneşti at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Portalul Primariilor Judeţului Bacău, accessed on November 23, 2008 ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ 2002 census, accessed November 23, 2008