Râmnicu Sărat
| Râmnicu Sărat | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
  Râmnicu Sărat Location of Râmnicu Sărat | |
| Coordinates: 45°22′48″N 27°3′36″E / 45.38000°N 27.06000°ECoordinates: 45°22′48″N 27°3′36″E / 45.38000°N 27.06000°E | |
| Country |
 Romania |
| County | Buzău County |
| Status | Municipality |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Viorel Holban[1] (National Liberal Party) |
| Population (2002)[2] | |
| • Total | 38,828 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website | http://www.primariermsarat.ro |
Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled Rîmnicu Sărat, Romanian pronunciation: [ˌrɨmniku səˈrat], German: Rümnick or Rebnick; Turkish: Remnik) is a city in Buzău County, Romania. It was declared a municipality in 1439. On December 21, 1994 it celebrated its 555th anniversary.
The city rises from a marshy plain, east of the Carpathians, and west of the cornlands of southern Moldavia. Salt and petroleum are worked in the mountains, and there is a considerable trade in agricultural produce and preserved meat.
Population
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1900 | 13,134 | — |
| 1912 | 14,496 | +10.4% |
| 1930 | 15,007 | +3.5% |
| 1948 | 19,267 | +28.4% |
| 1956 | 19,095 | −0.9% |
| 1966 | 22,336 | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 28,689 | +28.4% |
| 1992 | 41,405 | +44.3% |
| 2002 | 38,805 | −6.3% |
| 2011 | 31,256 | −19.5% |
| Source: Census data | ||
History
Râmnicu Sărat was the scene of battles between the Wallachians and Ottomans in 1634, 1434 and 1573.
It was also here that, in 1789 (during the Russo–Turkish War of 1787–1792), an army of Imperial Russian and Habsburg troops, commanded by Alexander Suvorov, defeated the Ottoman forces in the Battle of Rymnik. For this victory, Suvorov was awarded the victory title of "Count of Rymnik" or "Rimniksky" (граф Рымникский) by empress Catherine the Great of Russia.
In 1854 the city was almost destroyed by fire and was rebuilt. From 1901 to 1963, the Râmnicu Sărat prison operated in the city.
Natives
- Petre Antonescu
- Kid Cann
- Dumitru Munteanu-Râmnic
- Traian Săvulescu
- Saul Steinberg
- George Ștefănescu
Gallery
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The Râmnicu Sărat train station, designed by Anghel Saligny
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The battlefield
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Suvorov's monument near Focşani
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Suvorov's monument (detail)
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Vlahuţă School
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City Hall
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Râmnicu Sărat. |
- ↑ "List of elected mayors at the 2008 local elections in Romania" (PDF) (in Romanian). Biroul Electoral Central. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ↑ "2002 census results for Râmnicu Sărat". Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ↑ Enc.Britannica, 1911
