Lieşti
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| County | Galaţi County | ||
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| Status | Commune | ||
| Mayor | Mişu Nicolae, Social Democratic Party, since 2000 | ||
| Area | 89.12 km² | ||
| Population (2005) | 11,138 | ||
| Density | 128.5 inh/km² | ||
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| Web site | www.liesti.oopis.ro | ||
Lieşti (/lieshtʲ/) is a commune in eastern Romania, the largest commune of Galaţi County, on the confluence of the Siret and Bârlad rivers, very close to Tecuci (28 km) and Galaţi (52 km). It is composed from the villages of Lieşti and Şerbăneşti (the southernmost part of the commune which includes, also, the seat of the local mayor).
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[edit] Name
The name of the commune appears to have derived from Ilie, which means Elijah, probably a local, which seams to be the brother of Şerban, the father of Şerbăneşti.
[edit] History
The first mention of the village dates from 1448, when in the prince of Moldavia, Petru II, who gives as a gift to the local nobleman Cernat Ploscarul and to his brother, Ştefu, 40 villages and fields among which appear Lieşti and Şerbăneşti.
[edit] Tourist sights
Lieşti has some fine Eastern Orthodox churches - St. Parascheva (c. 1886), Dormition of the Virgin (1889), and St. Nicolas (built after 1990)- the seat of the Protopopiate (vice-bishopric) of Nicoreşti. Other attractions include the acacia forests near the village (especially in May) and the picturesque valleys of the rivers Siret and Barlad.
[edit] Education
Lieşti has one 10-year school and three 8-year schools, 4 kindergartens and a public library (14,000 volumes).
[edit] Economy
The village has a sugar factory (Lemarco Bucharest), but the majority of the population works in local agriculture or in siderurgy at the Siderurgical Combinate Mittal Steel from Galaţi. Beginning around 2000, many people from the region have gone to work in Italy or Spain, where wages are better.
