Gherăseni

Gherăseni

Infobox Romania Communes




name=Gherăseni
county=Buzău County
year=
mayor=Sava Stroe
from=2004
party=PRM
area=56.41
census=2002
population=3,629
density=35
coordinates=coord|45|1|N|26|47|E|
villages=Gherăseni, Cremenea, Sudiţi
zip-code=127245,127246
site-address=http://www.primariagheraseni.lx.ro
site-language=ro
site-name=Gherăseni mayor|

Gherăseni (IPA|/gεrə'sεnʲ/) is a commune in Buzău County, Romania, 17 km south-east of Buzău, the county capital.

Location

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

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

History

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, Silişte 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, 1km 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

* [http://www.primariagheraseni.lx.ro Mayor's site]



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