Focșani

Union Square

Coat of arms

Location of Focșani

Coordinates: 45°42′0″N 27°10′47″E / 45.70000°N 27.17972°ECoordinates: 45°42′0″N 27°10′47″E / 45.70000°N 27.17972°E

Romania

Government

• Mayor

Cristi Valentin Misăilă (Social Democratic Party)

Area

• Total

48.1 km² (18.6 sq mi)

Population (2011 census)

• Total

73,868

• Density

1,535/km² (3,980/sq mi)

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Climate

Cfb

Website

http://www.focsani.info/

Focșani (Romanian pronunciation: [fokˈʃanʲ]; German: Fokschan; Hungarian: Foksány; Turkish: Fokşan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the shores the Milcov River, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population (as of 2011^[update]) of 73,868.

Focșani lies at a point of convergence for tectonic geologic faults, which raises the risk of earthquakes in the vicinity. Though Vrancea county is one of the most popular wine-producing regions in Romania, Odobești being just to the northwest, in Romania, Focșani itself is not considered a wine-producing center. The wine sold as Weisse von Fokshan in Germany and some other European countries is generally a Fetească Albă de Odobești wine, and practically a second-rated wine which does not comply to the European Union rules of naming the regions of origin of wines.

The vicinity is rich in minerals such as iron, copper, coal, and petroleum.

The city administers two villages, Mândrești-Moldova and Mândrești-Munteni.

As a town on the Moldavian-Wallachian border, Focșani developed into an important trade center halfway between the Russian Empire and the Balkans. A congress between Imperial Russian and Ottoman diplomats took place near the city in 1772. Nearby the town, the Ottomans suffered a severe defeat at the hands of the allied forces of the Habsburg Monarchy under Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Imperial Russia under Alexander Suvorov in 1789 (see Battle of Focșani).

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