Buhuși
Buhuși | |
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Buhuși Location in Romania | |
Coordinates: 46°42′54″N 26°42′15″E / 46.71500°N 26.70417°ECoordinates: 46°42′54″N 26°42′15″E / 46.71500°N 26.70417°E | |
Country | Romania |
County | Bacău |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2024) | Vasile Zaharia[1] (PSD) |
Area | 39.86 km2 (15.39 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | 14,562 |
• Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Vehicle reg. | BC |
Website | www |
Buhuși (Romanian pronunciation: [buˈhuʃʲ]; Yiddish: באהוש Bohush) is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,562 (2011). It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodești" and was a property of an important family of Boyars named "Buhuș".
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1930 | 8,655 | — |
1948 | 8,198 | −5.3% |
1956 | 12,382 | +51.0% |
1966 | 15,341 | +23.9% |
1977 | 20,148 | +31.3% |
1992 | 21,621 | +7.3% |
2002 | 21,993 | +1.7% |
2011 | 14,562 | −33.8% |
Source: Census data |
The town had the biggest textile factory in south-eastern Europe. But the factory has drastically reduced its capabilities after 1989 and currently employs less than 200 workers. The (built in 1457), located near Buhuși, is one of the famous monasteries built by Stephen the Great of Moldavia in Moldavia during the Ottoman Wars in the 15th century.
Buhuși has five primary schools and one high school, the Ion Borcea Technical College. The town administers two villages, Marginea and Runcu.
Jewish community[]
Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman, son of Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin, founded the Bohush Hasidic dynasty here in the mid-nineteenth century. The dynasty moved to Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1951.[3]
Notable residents[]
- Elisabeta Bostan, film director and screenwriter
- Dumitru Dan, geographer, professor of geography and globe-trotter
- Yisrael Friedman, rabbi
- Mircea Grosaru, politician
- Marian Purică, football player
- Mihail Roller, communist activist, historian and propagandist
- Moshe Sharoni, Israeli politician
Gallery[]
References[]
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Friedman, Yisroel. The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edition, 2000, p. 262.
External links[]
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- Populated places in Bacău County
- Localities in Western Moldavia
- Towns in Romania
- Monotowns in Romania
- Bacău County geography stubs