Oancea (Galați)

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Oancea
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Oancea (Galați) (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Moldova
Circle : Galați
Coordinates : 45 ° 55 '  N , 28 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 55 '1 "  N , 28 ° 6' 58"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 12  m
Area : 51.6  km²
Residents : 1,441 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 28 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 807235
Telephone code : (+40) 02 36
License plate : GL
Structure and administration (as of 2017)
Community type : local community
Structure : Oancea, Slobozia Oancea
Mayor : Victor Chiriloaie ( PNL )
Postal address : Loc. Oancea,
jud. Galați, RO-807235
Website :

Oancea is a municipality in the Romanian district of Gala Kreisi in the historical region of West Moldova .

The municipality of Oancea with a total of 1583 inhabitants consists of the villages of Oancea with 1422 inhabitants and Slobozia Oancea, 2 kilometers south of it, with 161 inhabitants (as of January 2020).

Geographical location

Location of the municipality of Oancea am Pruth in the Galați district

The community lies on an area of ​​5160  hectares on the right bank of the Prut River in the east of the Galați district. The Drum național 26 runs through the villages , whose junction, the Drum național 26A, over a bridge of the Prut, which forms the border between the Republic of Moldova and Romania , continues as R 34.1 to the Moldovan city ​​of Cahul , about 7 kilometers to the east .

The district capital Galați is 57 kilometers south of Oancea.

history

The village of Oancea was first mentioned in 1521.

population

In 2011, 1,441 people lived in the municipality of Oancea, 1,382 of whom were Romanians , nine were Roma and the rest did not provide any information about their ethnicity.

Attractions

There are two Romanian Orthodox churches in the village . One of them is the Sf. Ioan Botezătorul (John the Baptist), built in 1882 and the Sf. Gheorghe built between 1912 and 1924.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ a b c Oancea website - presentation of the town; accessed on February 4, 2020 (Romanian).
  3. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  4. ↑ The Sf. Ioan Botezătorul Church at biserici.org accessed on July 15, 2017 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ The Sf. Gheorghe Church at biserici.org accessed February 4, 2020 (Romanian)