Râmnicu Sărat

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Râmnicu Sărat

County

Buzău County

Status

Municipality

Mayor

Constantin Ghinoiu, Democratic Party, since 2000

Population (2000)

38,805

Geographical coordinates

45°22′48″N, 27°3′36″E

Web site

http://www.primariermsarat.ro

Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled Rîmnicu Sărat, IPA pronunciation /'rɨm.ni.ku sə'rʌt/) is a city in the Buzău County, Romania.

The city rises from a marshy plain, east of the Carpathians, and west of the cornlands of southern Moldavia. Salt and petroleum are worked in the mountains, and there is a considerable trade in agricultural produce and preserved meat.

[edit] Population

1900: 3,134 - of which 1,500 Jews
2000:38,805

[edit] History

Râmnicu Sărat was the scene of battles between the Moldavians and the Wallachians in 1434 and 1573, and between the Wallachians and Ottomans in 1634.

It was also here that, in 1789 (during the Russo–Turkish War of 1787–1792, an army of Imperial Russian and Habsburg troops, commanded by Alexander Suvorov, defeated the Ottomans (see Battle of Rymnik). In 1854 the city was almost destroyed by fire and was rebuilt.