City in Bac?u County, Romania
Municipality in Bac?u, Romania
One?ti
(
Romanian pronunciation:
[o?ne?t?]
;
Hungarian
:
Onfalva
) is a
city
in
Bac?u County
, Romania, with a population of 34,005 inhabitants as of 2021. It is situated in the historical region of
Moldavia
.
Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borze?ti form part of One?ti.
History
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The locality was documentary attested as a village on December 14, 1458. In 1952, the
communist authorities
decided to build a large petrochemical industrial platform (
Borze?ti Petrochemical Plant
) and a new related city in the area of One?ti and Borze?ti villages. Borze?ti, according to legend, was the birthplace of
Stephen III of Moldavia
. It is the site of the
Borze?ti Church
, which was built on his orders in 1493?1494.
[3]
At the death of the
Communist
leader
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
in March 1965, One?ti was
renamed
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
, but the name was changed back in 1990
[4]
shortly after the
Romanian Revolution
.
Above the borough Malu, on the right-hand side of the river Ca?in, were discovered archaeological fragments from a settlement dating from the Neolithic.
Geography
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One?ti is located in the
Tazl?u-Ca?in Depression
of the
Eastern Carpathians
at an average altitude of 210 metres (690 ft).
[5]
It lies at the confluence of the rivers
Trotu?
,
Ca?in
,
Oituz
, and
Tazl?u
, some 60 km (37 mi) southwest of the county capital,
Bac?u
. The city is crossed by the
European road
E574
and by the national roads DN11A and DN12A that connect it to
Bucharest
, to the northern part of the country, and to
Transylvania
. Rail connections are made through the
C?ile Ferate Romane
network, and the proposed A13
Bra?ov?Bac?u Motorway
will link the city to the rest of Romania's
highway network
as a second connection to the country's major cities.
Demographics
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Historical population
Year
| Pop.
| ±%
|
---|
1930
| 3,828
| ?
|
---|
1956
| 11,253
| +194.0%
|
---|
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%
|
---|
2021
| 34,005
| ?13.2%
|
---|
Source: Census data
|
Economy
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Borze?ti is a neighborhood in the southeast of One?ti, under separate administration until 1968.
[6]
The
Borze?ti Petrochemical Plant
is located there.
[7]
[8]
-
No. 10 Oil Refinery (
RAFO One?ti
) in 1968
-
Borze?ti Chemical Plant (Chimcomplex) in the 1960s
-
Synthetic Rubber Plant (Carom One?ti)
-
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Hotel Trotu? in the 1980s
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City in the 1970s
Culture
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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 One?ti.
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
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Twin towns and sister cities
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See also
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Notes
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External links
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- Media related to
One?ti
at Wikimedia Commons