Buhuși

This article is about the Romanian town. For the Hasidic dynasty, see Bohush (Hasidic dynasty).

Buhuși
Town
World War I heroes monument
Coat of arms
Location in Bacău County
Buhuși Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°42′54″N 26°42′15″E
Country	Romania
County	Bacău
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Vasile Zaharia[1] (PSD)
Area	39.86 km^2 (15.39 sq mi)
Elevation	235 m (771 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	14,152
• Density	360/km^2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	605100
Area code	(+40) 02 34
Vehicle reg.	BC
Website	www.primariabuhusi.ro

Buhuși (Romanian pronunciation: [buˈhuʃʲ]; Hungarian: Buhus; Yiddish: באהוש, romanized: Bohush) is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,152 as of 2021. It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodești" and was a property of an important family of Boyars named "Buhuș".

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1930	8,655	—
1948	8,198	−5.3%
1956	12,382	+51.0%
1966	15,341	+23.9%
1977	20,148	+31.3%
1992	21,621	+7.3%
2002	21,993	+1.7%
2011	14,562	−33.8%
2021	14,152	−2.8%
Source: Census data

The town had the biggest textile factory in south-eastern Europe. But the factory has drastically reduced its capabilities after 1989 and currently employs less than 200 workers. The Runc Monastery [ro] (built in 1457), located near Buhuși, is one of the famous monasteries built by Stephen the Great of Moldavia in Moldavia during the Ottoman Wars in the 15th century.

Buhuși has five primary schools and one high school, the Ion Borcea Technical College. The town administers two villages, Marginea and Runcu.

Jewish community

Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman, son of Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin, founded the Bohush Hasidic dynasty here in the mid-nineteenth century. The dynasty moved to Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1951.^[3]

Notable residents

• Elisabeta Bostan (born 1931), film director and screenwriter
• Dumitru Dan (1890–1978), geographer, professor of geography, and globe-trotter
• Yisrael Friedman (1923–2017), rabbi
• Mircea Grosaru (1952–2014), politician
• Marian Purică (born 1978), football player
• Mihail Roller (1908–1958), communist activist, historian, and propagandist
• Moshe Sharoni (1929–2020), Israeli politician

Gallery

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  Ciolpani Monastery
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  Financial administration building
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  Buhuși hospital
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  Interbellic coat of arms

References

1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
3. Friedman, Yisroel. The Golden Dynasty: Ruzhin, the royal house of Chassidus. Jerusalem: The Kest-Lebovits Jewish Heritage and Roots Library, 2nd English edition, 2000, p. 262.

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