Onești

Onești (Romanian pronunciation: [oˈneʃtʲ]; Hungarian: Ónfalva) is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 39,172 inhabitants. It is situated in the historical region of Western Moldavia.

For other uses, see Onești (disambiguation).
Onești
Municipality
View from Perchiu Hill
Flag
Coat of arms
Location in Bacău County
Onești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°15′31″N 26°46′09″E
Country Romania
CountyBacău
Government
 • MayorNicolae Gnatiuc[1] (PSD)
Area
52.48 km2 (20.26 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
39,172
 • Density750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.BC
Websitehttp://www.onesti.ro/

Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești.

History
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1956 11,253—    
1966 35,663+216.9%
1977 41,738+17.0%
1992 58,810+40.9%
2002 51,681−12.1%
2011 39,172−24.2%
Source: Census data

The city was founded as a village on December 14, 1458. At the death of the Communist leader Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej in March 1965, it was renamed Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, but the name was changed back in 1996.[3]

Above the borough Malu, on the right-hand side of the river Cașin, were discovered archaeological fragments from a settlement dating from the Neolithic.

Geography

Onești is located in the Trotuș Depression at an altitude of 175 m.

Borzești

Borzești, according to legend, was the birthplace of Stephen III of Moldavia. It is the site of the Borzești Church, which was built on his orders in 1493–1494.[4]

Borzești is located to the northeast of Onești. Under separate administration until 1968,[5] the Borzești Petrochemical Plant is located there.[6][7]

Culture

Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of the city, whose inhabitants are predominantly Romanian Orthodox. St. Nicholas Day, 6 December, is the municipal day of Onești.

Popular tourist attractions are Perchiu Hill and the Hero Cross from atop the aforementioned hill, the Municipal History Museum, a steel monument dedicated to the Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu and the city park.

Natives

Twin towns and sister cities

Notes
  1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "Oneşti | Romania". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. Rozalia & Teodor Verde (July 2003). Monografia Municipiului Onești – în date și evenimente. Onești. p. 12.
  5. Rozalia & Teodor Verde (July 2003). Monografia Municipiului Onești – în date și evenimente. Onești. p. 51.
  6. Ioan Șandru, Constantin V. Toma, Nicu Aur (1989). Orașele Trotușene – Studiu de geografie umană II. Bacău: Întreprinderea Poligrafică Bacău. p. 190.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Pintilie, Rusu (1980). Județele Patriei – Județul Bacău. Sport-Turism București. p. 158.
  8. "Municipiul Onești s-a înfrățit cu orașul Streșeni din Republica Moldova". Timpul (in Romanian). 23 August 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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