Târgu Ocna
Târgu Ocna | |
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Târgu Ocna town hall | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location in Bacău County | |
Târgu Ocna Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°16′48″N 26°37′12″E / 46.28000°N 26.62000°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Bacău |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2028) | Cristian-Aurelian Ciubotaru[2] (PSD) |
Area | 48.90 km2 (18.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 263 m (863 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 10,410 |
| • Density | 212.9/km2 (551.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 605600 |
| Area code | (+40) 02 34 |
| Vehicle reg. | BC |
| Website | orasul-targuocna |
Târgu Ocna (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌtɨrɡu ˈokna]; Hungarian: Aknavásár) is a town in Bacău County, Romania. It administers two villages, Poieni and Vâlcele.
The town is situated on the left bank of the Trotuș River, an affluent of the Siret, and on a branch railway which crosses the Ghimeș Pass from Moldavia into Transylvania. Târgu Ocna is built among the Carpathian Mountains on bare hills formed of rock salt.[3] In fact, the English translation of Ocna is salt mine.
Târgu Ocna's main industry is salt production, as it is the largest provider in Moldavia. Other industries include wood processing, coal mining, steel producing, and petroleum-based industries.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1900 | 8,033 | — |
| 1912 | 7,989 | −0.5% |
| 1930 | 12,588 | +57.6% |
| 1948 | 9,796 | −22.2% |
| 1956 | 11,227 | +14.6% |
| 1966 | 11,647 | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 12,603 | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 16,071 | +27.5% |
| 2002 | 14,184 | −11.7% |
| 2011 | 11,300 | −20.3% |
| 2021 | 10,410 | −7.9% |
| Source: Census data | ||
People
- Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942), writer
- Sorin Antohi (born 1957), political scientist
- Ștefan Constantinescu (1898–1983), painter
- Miron Grindea (1909–1995), journalist
- Dan Iuga (born 1945), pistol shooter
- Grigore Marteș (1914–1973), vice admiral, commander of the Romanian Navy (1963–1973)
- Dumitru Motreanu (born 1949), mathematician
- Costache Negri (1812–1876), writer
- Mihăiță Nițulescu (c. 1969–2022), boxer
- Claude Sernet (1902–1968), poet
- Michel Sturdza (1886–1980), nobleman, diplomat, and convicted war criminal
- Ion Talianu (1898–1956), actor
- Traian Vasai (1929–2013), painter
See also
References
- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tîrgu Ocna". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1010.
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