Tecuci is a city in the Galaţi county

Galati County

Galaţi is a county of Romania, in Moldavia region, with the capital city at Galaţi.-History:Historically Galaţi is part of Moldavia...

 of Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 (in the historical region of Moldavia

Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...

), situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the Bârlad River

Bârlad River

The Bârlad is a river in eastern Romania, a tributary of the Siret River. Its total length is 207 km. Its source is in the low hills between the Siret and Prut rivers, southwest of Iaşi. It flows generally south, through the cities of Negreşti, Vaslui, Bârlad and Tecuci. The Bârlad river flows...

, and at the junction of railways from Galaţi

Galati

Galați is a city and municipality in Romania, the capital of Galați County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, in the close vicinity of Brăila, Galați is the largest port and sea port on the Danube River and the second largest Romanian port....

, Bârlad

Bârlad

Bârlad is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the Bârlad River, which waters the high plains of eastern Moldavia....

 and Mărăşeşti

Marasesti

Mărăşeşti is a small town in Romania in Vrancea County. It is north of Focşani. It administers six villages: Călimăneşti, Haret, Modruzeni, Pădureni, Siretu and Tişiţa.King Milan I of Serbia was born in Mărăşeşti on 22 August 1854....

.

History

The area neighboring Tecuci was the scene of a fierce 1476 battle in between Moldavian Prince Stephen the Great

Stephen III of Moldavia

Stephen III of Moldavia was Prince of Moldavia between 1457 and 1504 and the most prominent representative of the House of Mușat.During his reign, he strengthened Moldavia and maintained its independence against the ambitions of Hungary, Poland, and the...

 and the Ottomans

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

.

Under the Romanian Kingdom

Kingdom of Romania

The Kingdom of Romania was the Romanian state based on a form of parliamentary monarchy between 13 March 1881 and 30 December 1947, specified by the first three Constitutions of Romania...

, it was the residence of the now-defunct Tecuci County.

Economy

The city was famous for its canned food factories, which preserve vegetables, fruit and meat, as well as for its mustard

Mustard (condiment)

Mustard is a condiment made from the seeds of a mustard plant...

 factories.

Population

As of January 1, 2009, 42,468 inhabitants live within the city limits.

Historical population of Tecuci
Year	Population
1900	13,401
1912	14,927
1930 census	17,172
1948 census	20,292
1956 census	23,400
1966 census	28,454
1977 census	36,143
1992 census	46,825
2002 census	42,094
2009 estimate	42,468

Natives

• Mihai Berza
• Henri Cihoski
• Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu
  Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu
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• Vintilă Dongoroz
• Bluma Finkelstein
• Calistrat Hogaş
• Iorgu Iordan
  Iorgu Iordan
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• Mihail Manoilescu
  Mihail Manoilescu
  Mihail Manoilescu was a Romanian journalist, engineer, economist, politician and memoirist, who served as Foreign Minister of Romania during the summer of 1940...
  
  
• Gheorghe Petraşcu
  Gheorghe Petrascu
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• N. Petraşcu
  N. Petrascu
  N. Petraşcu or Pĕtraşcu was a Romanian journalist, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and memoirist...
  
  
• Ion Petrovici
  Ion Petrovici
  Ion Petrovici , Romanian philosopher, essayist, memorialist, writer, orator, and politician, professor at University of Iaşi, member of the Romanian Academy, former Ministry of National Education, a leading figure in Romanian culture, was one of those scholars, men of art, culture, and science,...
  
  
• Theodor Şerbănescu
• I. Valerian