Târgu Ocna
Târgu Ocna (ˌtɨrɡu ˈokna; 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.
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Built among the Carpathian Mountains on bare hills formed of rock salt. In fact, the English translation of Ocna is salt mine. The Târgu Ocna Salt Mine is one of the oldest and the third-largest salt mine in Romania, situated at a depth of 240 metres. It features the largest underground treatment base in the country, offering halotherapy for respiratory conditions, as well as recreational facilities and the Saint Barbara Orthodox Church, built in 1992 as the first underground Orthodox church in Europe. 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.
Key facts
Key facts
• Type — town • County — Bacău • Official Name — Târgu Ocna • Leader Name — Cristian-Aurelian Ciubotaru • Leader Term — 2024–2028 • Leader Party — PSD • Elevation — 263 • Area Total — 48.90 • Population Total — auto • Postal Code — 605600 • Area Code — (+40) 02 34 • Website — http: orasul-targuocna.ro/
People
People
• Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942), writer • Dinu Tănase (born 1946), film director and screenwriter • Sorin Antohi (born 1957), political scientist • Ștefan Constantinescu (painter) (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
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