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Gherăseni

Coordinates: 45°1′N 26°47′E / 45.017°N 26.783°E / 45.017; 26.783
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Gherăseni
Location in Buzău County
Location in Buzău County
Gherăseni is located in Romania
Gherăseni
Gherăseni
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°1′N 26°47′E / 45.017°N 26.783°E / 45.017; 26.783
CountryRomania
CountyBuzău
SubdivisionsGherăseni, Cremenea, Sudiți
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Vasile Țintă[1] (PSD)
Area
56.41 km2 (21.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
3,079
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
127245; 127246
Vehicle reg.BZ
Websitewww.primariagheraseni.ro

Gherăseni (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡerəˈsenʲ]) is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, 17 km south-east of Buzău, the county capital. It is composed of three villages: Gherăseni, Cremenea and Sudiți.

Location

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Gherăseni is located on the Bărăgan plain. The only river crossing the commune is Călmățui, a tributary of the Danube.

The commune neighbours Țintești to the north, Smeeni to the east, Mihăileşti to the south, Movila Banului to the southwest, and Costești to the west.

History

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The name Gherăseni is connected to the name of Ioan (Emanuil) Gerassy, a Greek who had obtained a licence on the boyar monopoly of manufacturing alcoholic beverages in Bucharest during the rule of Alexandru II Ghica (1834-1842). He owned Câmpineanca, Siliște and Rotunda estates, which he had bought in the late 1820s.

Rotunda estate included a large village which featured an Orthodox church. Gerassy managed to convince the inhabitants of that village to move to the present-day location of Gherăseni, 1 km away from the Cremenea village. The first people to settle in the new location apparently arrived around 1829. The Gerassy family also built a new church and a school on the spot.

In 1905, financial difficulties forced Nicolae Gerassy, Ioan's son, to sell the estates to one Stan Vasile.

References

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  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.