Gherăseni

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Gherăseni
Location of Gherăseni
County Buzău County
Area 56.41 km²
Population (2002) 3,629
Density 35 inh/km²
Geographical coordinates 45°1′N, 26°47′E
Mayor Sava Stroe, PRM, since 2004
Component villages Gherăseni, Cremenea, Sudiţi
Postal code 127245,127246
Website: (Romanian) Gherăseni mayor

Gherăseni (/gεrə'sεnʲ/) is a commune in Buzău County, Romania, 17 km south-east of Buzău, the county capital.

[edit] Location

Gherăseni is located on the Bărăgan plain. The only river crossing the commune is Călmăţui, a tributary of the Danube.

The commune neighbours Ţinteşti to the north, Smeeni to the east, Mihăileşti to the south, Movila Banului to the southwest, and Costeşti to the west.

[edit] History

The name Gherăseni is connected to the name of Ioan (Emanuil) Gerassy, a Greek who had obtained a licence on the boyar monopoly of manufacturing alcoholic beverages in Bucharest during the rule of Alexandru II Ghica (1834-1842). He owned Câmpineanca, Silişte and Rotunda estates, which he had bought in the late 1820s.

Rotunda estate included a large village which featured an Orthodox church. Gerassy managed to convince the inhabitants of that village to move to the present-day location of Gherăseni, 1km away from the Cremenea village. The first people to settle in the new location apparently arrived around 1829. The Gerassy family also built a new church and a school on the spot.

In 1905, financial difficulties forced Nicolae Gerassy, Ioan's son, to sell the estates to one Stan Vasile.

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