Pogoanele

Pogoanele
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Great Wallachia
Circle :	Buzau
Coordinates :	44 ° 55 '  N , 26 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 55 '0 "  N , 26 ° 59' 26"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	66  m
Area :	123.67  km²
Residents :	7,275 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	125200
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 38
License plate :	BZ
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Structure :	1 District / cadastral municipality: Căldărăști
Mayor :	Florin Dumitrașcu ( PSD )
Postal address :	St. Unirii, no. 18 loc. Pogoanele, jud. Buzau, RO-125200
Website :	www.primariepogoanele.ro

Pogoanele is a city in Buzau County in Romania .

location

Pogoanele is located in a rather sparsely populated area of ​​the Wallachian Plain on the edge of the Bărăgan steppe. The district capital Buzau is located about 30 km northwest.

history

In 1907 Pogoanele was affected by the peasant uprising in Romania . In 1944 there was fighting between German and Romanian troops in the immediate vicinity of the town. In 1989 Pogoanele was declared a city. The main branches of business are agriculture and food processing.

population

In 1930 Pogoanele had about 7,000 inhabitants. In the 2002 census, 7795 people were registered in the city of Pogoanele, including about 5700 in the city proper, the rest in the incorporated town of Căldărăşti . 7711 were Romanians and 182 were Roma .

traffic

Pogoanele is on the railway line from Urziceni to Făurei . There are currently (2009) around four connections a day in both directions; some trains run continuously to Bucharest or Galați . The national road 2C runs through the city from Slobozia to Buzău.

Attractions

• The Pădurea Văleanca forest with perennial oaks

sons and daughters of the town

• Ilie Stan (* 1967), Romanian football player and coach

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
2. ↑ Andrei Oţetea (ed.): Marea Rascoala a ţăranilor din 1907. Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, Bucharest 1967, p 61
3. ^ Hans Kissel : The catastrophe in Romania 1944 (= contributions to defense research. Vol. 5/6, ISSN  0067-5253 ). Defense and Knowledge, Darmstadt 1964, p. 281.
4. ↑ 2002 census, accessed March 15, 2009