3-724: Răcoasa is a commune located in Vrancea County , Romania . It is composed of five villages: Gogoiu, Mărăști, Răcoasa, Varnița and Verdea. It is situated in the historical region of Western Moldavia . Mărăști village ( Romanian pronunciation: [mərəˈʃtʲ] ) was the site of the World War I Battle of Mărăști . This Vrancea County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Commune in Romania A commune ( comună in Romanian )
6-486: Is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania . There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county . Urban areas , such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of city or municipality . In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it
9-532: Is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in a way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor ( primar in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes, like cities, correspond to
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