Moineşti
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| Moineşti | |
  Moineşti
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| Country |  Romania |
| County | Bacău County |
| Status | Municipality |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Vasile Ailincăi (Social Democratic Party) |
| Area | |
| - Total | 46.04 km² (17.8 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| - Total | 25,532 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website: http://www.moinesti.ro/ | |
Moineşti is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 24,210 as of 2002. Its name is derived from the Romanian-language word moină, which means "fallow" or "light rain". Moineşti once had a large Jewish community; in Jewish contexts the name is often given as Mojnescht.
[edit] History
First mentioned in 1467, the locality was listed among the Moldavian villages on the Bawer map of 1783. A târg was first attested in this location in 1832; it had 188 houses and 588 inhabitants.
In 1921, Moineşti was designated a comună urbană ("urban commune"), with its own coat of arms and local administration, but a step short of being considered a city. It became a municipality in 2002.
[edit] People
- Tristan Tzara, writer and founder of Dada
- Moses Rosen, Chief Rabbi of Romania from 1948 to 1994
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