Târgu Ocna

Târgu Ocna
Târgu Ocna
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location in Bacău County
	Târgu Ocna Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°16′48″N 26°37′12″E / 46.28000°N 26.62000°ECoordinates: 46°16′48″N 26°37′12″E / 46.28000°N 26.62000°E
Country	Romania
County	Bacău
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Cristian-Aurelian Ciubotaru (PSD)
Area	48.90 km2 (18.88 sq mi)
Population (2011)	11,300
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	BC
Website	orasul-targuocna.ro

Târgu Ocna (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtɨrɡu ˈokna]) is a town in Bacău County, Romania, situated on the left bank of the Trotuș River, an affluent of the Siret, and on a branch railway which crosses the Ghimeș Pass from Moldavia into Transylvania. Târgu Ocna is built among the Carpathian Mountains on bare hills formed of rock salt.^[3] In fact the English translation of Ocna is salt mine.

Târgu Ocna's main industry is salt production, as it is the largest provider in Moldavia. Other industries include wood processing, coal mining, steel producing, and petroleum-based industries.

The town administers two villages, Poieni and Vâlcele.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1900	8,033	—
1912	7,989	−0.5%
1930	12,588	+57.6%
1948	9,796	−22.2%
1956	11,227	+14.6%
1966	11,647	+3.7%
1977	12,603	+8.2%
1992	16,071	+27.5%
2002	14,184	−11.7%
2011	11,300	−20.3%
Source: Census data

Natives[]

Gabriela Adameșteanu, writer
Sorin Antohi, political scientist
Miron Grindea, journalist
Dan Iuga, pistol shooter
Costache Negri, writer
Ion Talianu, actor
, painter

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.
^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tîrgu Ocna". Encyclopædia Britannica. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1010.

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[1] "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[wikidata-71f49f2463186898cc435ca9ae00ce2f57ab1cdc-v3-2] "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

[EB1911-3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tîrgu Ocna". Encyclopædia Britannica. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1010.

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