Vision for a modern and successful town (1)
Odobesti town, as part of the country's territory is situated in the eastern part of Câmpia Românà, on a marginal position that establishes the contact between the plain and the Curvature Sub Carpathians. In detail, it is situated on the left
Odobesti town is also responsible for Unirea village which is situated on the left
The landscape of Odobesti town is typically of high plain, slowly aslant, bordered by Milcov river in the southern part (the middle course), and by Màgura Odobestilor in the north-western part. (
The town's medium general altitude is of 150m high in terms of
The climate is specific because of its settlement in terms of great geographical units and intermission of the plain and sub Carpathian influence. That's why the climate is continental at the contact of the forest and veldt subunits with north towards east winds in winter and north towards west winds in summer and an annual medium temperature of about 9.5 degrees.
The neighbours of the administrative
- on north: Bolotesti village
- on east: the
- on west: Jaristea village
The entire territorial surface of Odobesti town is of
In terms of use, the territorial surface can be separated into:
Territorial Type | Territorial Surface |
Arable | |
Vineyard | |
Pasture | |
Meadow | |
Other lands (rivers, roads, buildings) | |
TOTAL | |
The name of the main town is ODOBESTI. The typical of the settlement is still questionable. In ?The Great Romanian Geographical Dictionary, Lahovari shows that the name comes from «ODOBA», which means valley.
According to Nicolae Iorga, the name of the town comes from a shepherd from Vrancea who was the founder of «ODOBA» village and who lived in this area. An old document (Ghenar 20) from 1840 sustains the same.
Another story of the name says that it comes from the Turkish word "ODO"=house, "BESTI"=five, that is a few houses settlement at crossroads. This last opinion can't be accepted because it doesn?t have any sense, nor logic, nor historical proof.
It is more plausible the idea that the name comes from the word valley, (very frequently said about many feudal settlements) or from the name of that founder who could have a name which means valley.
The oldest historical sources testify the existence of Odobesti settlement since 1306. This is very possible as near the settlement there was the old
In 1475 the settlement is mentioned by the historian Grigore Ureche when he talks about the channel that Stefan cel Mare made and which surrounds the fair (currently Gârla Morilor).
Later, in 1685, he mentioned in his historical writings a certain historian Motoc from Odobesti who began the building of Mera Monastery, finished by C. Cantemir, and his wife, Ursa Motoc, gave all her properties to the monastery.
The historian Constantin Giurescu affirmed in his writings that Odobesti, the old vineyard settlement, was transformed from village to fair around Tudor Vladimirescu's insurrection (1821), while there were two different administrative units on the current territory.
This is proved by the fact that in 1834 there are mentioned 172 houses, 10 manors and 3 churches in Odobesti village, and 200 houses, 8 manors and 4 churches in Odobesti fair.
In 1864 was established the communal hospital as a main need due to a great number of inhabitants. This and the transformations that took place after the Regions
From 1968 Odobesti town is also responsible for Patesti village, currently Unirea village.
Population
The population of Odobe?ti town established after the population and houses census in December 2002 is of 8000 inhabitants which represent 2.06% of the total population of
In the last years the population of the town had decreased:
Year | Population |
1998 | 8313 |
2002 Census | 8000 |
The 2002 Census of population indicated a relative balance of gender in Odobesti town:
Town Division | Total Population | Males | Females |
Odobesti Town Total | 8000 | 3926 | 4074 |
ODOBESTI | 6503 | 3210 | 3293 |
UNIREA | 1497 | 716 | 781 |
Same Census revealed the structure of the population divided in age groups and gender. The table below presents these finding compared with the total population
Age groups / years | Gender | Odobesti | Vrancea | % of total Vrancea | % of total Odobesti per category |
0-18 | Total | 2026 | 97342 | 2.08% | 25.33% |
0-18 | Females | 901 |
|
| 22.12% |
0-18 | Males | 1125 |
|
| 28.66% |
19-35 | Total | 2276 | 98382 | 2.31% |