Murgeni

Murgeni
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	West Moldova
Circle :	Vaslui
Coordinates :	46 ° 12 '  N , 28 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '21 "  N , 28 ° 1' 12"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	35  m
Area :	134.81  km²
Residents :	7,119 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	53 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	737370
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 35
License plate :	VS
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Structure :	6 districts / cadastral communities: Cârja , Floreni , Lățești , Sărățeni , Schineni , Raiu
Mayor :	Ioan Buta ( PSD )
Postal address :	Ghenuță Coman street, no. 12 loc. Murgeni, jud. Vaslui, RO-737370
Website :	primaria-murgeni.ro

Murgeni is a small town in Vaslui County in Romania .

location

Murgeni is located in the Moldau Plateau ( Podișul Moldovei ) on the Elan - a right tributary of the Prut -, only a few kilometers west of the Moldovan border. The district capital Vaslui is located about 70 km northwest of Murgeni.

history

The oldest archaeological finds in the region date from the Paleolithic . Murgeni was first mentioned in 1466 in a document from the Moldovan prince Ștefan cel Mare . The rural town developed into a local trading center and was elevated to a market in 1844. In 1908 a hospital opened. During the Second World War , half of the village caught fire in a bombardment. From 1950 to 1956 Murgeni was the seat of a Rajon in the course of the then administrative division of Romania . In 2003 the citizens of the municipality voted in favor of the city elevation, which was implemented a year later by resolution of the Romanian parliament.

population

At the 2002 census there were 7,674 people in Murgeni, including 6,627 Romanians and 1,046 Roma . About 3600 of them lived in Murgeni itself, the rest in the six incorporated villages.

In 2011 of the 7119 people, 4947 identified themselves as Romanians and 1384 as Roma.

traffic

Murgeni is on the railway line from Bârlad to Fălciu . Currently (2009), however, only two local trains run in both directions each day. There are bus connections to Galați . The national roads ( drum național ) DN 24A from Bârlad to Huși and the DN 26 from Murgeni to Galați run through the city .

Attractions

• Church in the district of Cârja (17th / 18th century)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)
3. ^ Document of the Romanian House of Representatives, accessed on March 15, 2009 (PDF; 1.9 MB)
4. ↑ 2002 census, accessed March 15, 2009