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Onești
Municipality
View from Perchiu Hill
View from Perchiu Hill
Flag of Onești
Coat of arms of Onești
Onești is located in Romania
Onești
Onești
Location of Onești
Coordinates: 46°15′31″N 26°46′09″E / 46.25861°N 26.76917°E / 46.25861; 26.76917
Country Romania
CountyBacău County
StatusMunicipality
Government
 • MayorNicolae Gnatiuc (PSD)
Area
 • Total52.48 km2 (20.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total39,172
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitehttp://www.onesti.ro/

Onești (Romanian pronunciation: [oˈneʃtʲ]; Hungarian: Ónfalva) is a municipality in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 39,172 inhabitants. It is situated in the historical region of Western Moldavia.

Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești.

History

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1956 11,253—    
1966 35,663+216.9%
1977 41,738+17.0%
1992 58,810+40.9%
2002 51,681−12.1%
2011 39,172−24.2%
Source: Census data

The city was founded as a village on December 14, 1458. At the death of the Communist leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej in March 1965, it was renamed Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, but the name was changed back in 1996[1].

Geography

Onești is located in the Trotuș Depression at an altitude of 175 m.

Borzești

Borzești, according to legend, was the birthplace of Stephen III of Moldavia. It is the site of the Borzești Church, which was built on his orders in 1493-1494.[2]

Borzești is located to the northeast of Onești. Under separate administration until 1968,[3] the Borzești Petrochemical Plant is located there.[4][5]

Culture

Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of the city, whose inhabitants are predominantly Romanian Orthodox. St. Nicholas Day, 6 December, is the municipal day of Onești.

Natives

Twin towns and sister cities

Notes

  1. ^ "Oneşti | Romania". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  2. ^ Rozalia & Teodor Verde (July 2003). Monografia Municipiului Onești – în date și evenimente. Onești. p. 12.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. ^ Rozalia & Teodor Verde (July 2003). Monografia Municipiului Onești – în date și evenimente. Onești. p. 51.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. ^ Ioan Șandru, Constantin V. Toma, Nicu Aur (1989). Orașele Trotușene – Studiu de geografie umană II. Bacău: Întreprinderea Poligrafică Bacău. p. 190.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Pintilie, Rusu (1980). Județele Patriei – Județul Bacău. Sport-Turism București. p. 158.
  6. ^ [1]