A municipiu (from Latin municipium ; English: municipality ) is a level of administrative subdivision in Romania and Moldova , roughly equivalent to city in some English-speaking countries .
6-536: Drăgășani ( Romanian pronunciation: [drəɡəˈʃanʲ] ) is a city in Vâlcea County , Romania , near the right bank of the Olt river , and on the railway between Caracal and Râmnicu Vâlcea . The city is well known for the vineyards on the neighboring hills that produce some of the best Wallachian wines. The city administers four villages: Capu Dealului, Valea Caselor, Zărneni, and Zlătărei. It
12-471: A mayor and local council. There are no official administrative subdivisions of cities even though, unofficially, municipalities may be divided into quarters/districts ( cartiere in Romanian ). The exception to this is Bucharest , which has a status similar to that of a county, and is officially subdivided into six administrative sectors . In Moldova, which has thirteen municipii , a 2002 law provides that
18-708: Is situated in the historical region of Oltenia . Drăgășani stands on the site of the Dacian town Rusidava . On 19 June 1821, during the Greek War of Independence , the Ottomans routed the Filiki Eteria troops of Alexander Ypsilantis near the city in the Battle of Dragashani . There Tudor Vladimirescu fought with his Panduri, revolutionary fighters consisting mainly of peasants and not armed with firepower, against
24-663: The Turks. This Vâlcea County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipiu In Romania, this status is given to towns that are large and urbanized; at present, there are 103 municipii . There is no clear benchmark regarding the status of municipiu even though it applies to localities which have a sizeable population, usually above 15,000, and extensive urban infrastructure. Localities that do not meet these loose guidelines are classified only as towns ( orașe ), or if they are not urban areas, as communes ( comune ). Cities are governed by
30-494: The status applies to the cities that play an important role in the country's economic, social, cultural, scientific, political and administrative life. † lost status in 1938 Of the seventeen municipii created in 1925, three are no longer in Romania: Cernăuți , Cetatea Albă , and Chișinău . Additionally, Bălți became one in 1929; together with Cetatea Albă, it lost the title in 1938. Cluj and Oradea temporarily lost
36-636: The title in 1940 as a result of the Second Vienna Award , while it was granted to Odessa and Tiraspol during the Transnistria Governorate period. The status was not used between 1950 and 1968, so that cities which lost it in 1950 were reassigned it in 1968. The most recent municipii were created in 2003. Chișinău, Tiraspol, Bălți, and Bender/Tighina have been municipii continuously since 1995, and Comrat since 1998. Cahul, Edineț, Hîncești, Orhei, Soroca, and Ungheni held
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