Râmnicu Sărat
city in Buzău County, Romania
Râmnicu Sărat (also spelled Rîmnicu Sărat, Romanian pronunciation: [ˌrɨmniku səˈrat], German: Rümnick or Rebnick; Turkish: Remnik) is a city in Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It was first attested in a document of 1439, and raised to the rank of municipiu in 1994.
The city rises from a marshy plain, east of the Carpathian Mountains, and west of the cornlands of southern Moldavia. It lies on the left bank of the river Râmnicul Sărat. Salt and petroleum are worked in the mountains, and there is a considerable trade in agricultural produce and preserved meat.
Population
Geography
The city is located in the north of Muntenia and Buzău County. The A7 motorway, which connects Buzău to Focșani, passes near the city and is served by the Râmnicu Sărat interchange.The interchange connects to DN22 (National Road 22), which leads east toward Brăila and further on to Tulcea and Constanța. To the west, DN 22 leads to the northern part of the city, where it joins DN2 (National Road 2), the previously existing road between Buzău and Focșani. Another road branching off from DN22 is DJ202 (a county road), which runs from the city downstream along the Râmnicu Sărat River toward the neighboring towns.
The Buzău–Mărășești railway line also passes through Râmnicu Sărat, the city Station being designed by architect Nicolae Michăescu.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Râmnicu Sărat” as city in Buzău County, Romania. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as city in Buzău County, Romania. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q617624. Authority coordinates are 45.380, 27.060. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1439 and 1994.
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