Gherăseni
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| County | Buzău County | ||
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| Status | Commune | ||
| Mayor | Sava Stroe, Greater Romania Party, since 2004 | ||
| Area | 56.41 km² | ||
| Population (2002) | 3,629 | ||
| Density | 35 inh/km² | ||
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| Web site | http://www.primariagheraseni.lx.ro | ||
Gherăseni (/gεrə'sεnʲ/) is a commune in Buzău County, Romania, 17 km south-east of Buzău, the county capital.
[edit] Location
Gherăseni is located on the Bărăgan plain. The only river crossing the commune is Călmăţui, a tributary of the Danube.
The commune neighbours Ţinteşti to the north, Smeeni to the east, Mihăileşti to the south, Movila Banului to the southwest, and Costeşti to the west.
[edit] History
The name Gherăseni is connected to the name of Ioan (Emanuil) Gerassy, a Greek who had obtained a licence on the boyar monopoly of manufacturing alcoholic beverages in Bucharest during the rule of Alexandru II Ghica (1834-1842). He owned Câmpineanca, Silişte and Rotunda estates, which he had bought in the late 1820s.
Rotunda estate included a large village which featured an Orthodox church. Gerassy managed to convince the inhabitants of that village to move to the present-day location of Gherăseni, 1km away from the Cremenea village. The first people to settle in the new location apparently arrived around 1829. The Gerassy family also built a new church and a school on the spot.
In 1905, financial difficulties forced Nicolae Gerassy, Ioan's son, to sell the estates to one Stan Vasile.
