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15-399: The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, on the border with Vrancea County . It lies on the banks of Râul Negru and its tributaries, the rivers Zăbala and Mărcușa . Zăbala is crossed by county road DJ121, which connects it to Covasna , 6 km (3.7 mi) to the south, and Târgu Secuiesc , 14.5 km (9 mi) to the north. The county seat, Sfântu Gheorghe ,

30-422: Is 250 m /s (8,800 cu ft/s). In ancient times, it was named Hierasus ( Ancient Greek Ιερασός). The following towns and villages are situated along the river Siret, from source to mouth: Berehomet , Storozhynets , Siret , Grămești , Zvoriștea , Liteni , Dolhasca , Pașcani , Stolniceni-Prăjescu , Roman , Bacău , Adjud , Mărășești , and Galați . The following rivers are tributaries to

45-488: Is 39 km (24 mi) to the west. The commune has a Székely Hungarian majority. At the 2002 census, it had a population of 4,814, of which 76.55% were Hungarians and 18.82% Romanians . At the 2011 census , there were 4,597 inhabitants; of those, 68.87% were Hungarians, 19.27% Romanians, and 9.03% Roma . At the 2021 census , Zăbala had a population of 4,332, of which 63.67% were Hungarians, 18.37% Romanians, and 11.45% Roma. The name of "Zabola" means "bridle", i.e.,

60-641: Is a county ( județ ) in Romania , with its seat at Focșani . It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River , is in Muntenia . At the 2021 census , the county had a population of 335,312 and a population density of 69.0/km (178.8/sq mi). Vrancea County covers an area of 4,857 km (1,875 sq mi). A curvedly shaped mountainous area, known in Romanian as

75-630: Is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine , and flows southward into Romania before it joins the Danube . It is 647 km (402 mi) long, of which a 559 km (347 mi) section is in Romania, and its basin area is 44,811 km (17,302 sq mi), of which 42,890 km (16,560 sq mi) in Romania. Its average discharge

90-583: Is the most seismically active zone of Romania, with yearly earthquakes whose focal depths are between 80 and 160 km (50 and 99 mi) and therefore affect wide regions. The earthquakes with the epicenter in Vrancea are caused by the movements of the nearby fault blocks . Devastating earthquakes measuring 7 to 8 on the Richter scale have been recorded . The deadliest were the 1977 Vrancea earthquake , which killed over 1,500 people in Romania and Bulgaria , and

105-933: The Carpații de Curbură , lies in the western part of the county, at the Southern end of the Eastern Carpathians , with heights over 1,400 m (4,600 ft). To the East, the heights decrease into hilly areas and the lower valley of the Siret River . The main tributary of the Siret, which crosses the county, is the Putna River . A right tributary of the Putna is the Milcov , a river that divides Moldavia from Muntenia . The territory of Vrancea County

120-438: The 1940 Vrancea earthquake which killed over 1,000 people. The most powerful was the 1802 Vrancea earthquake with an estimated intensity of 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale , but which killed only 4 people. Other notable earthquakes were the 1738 Vrancea earthquake , the 1838 Vrancea earthquake and the 1986 Vrancea earthquake . The county is famous for its wines , being the biggest wine producer in Romania . Over 11% of

135-460: The Mediafax news agency his region was one of the worst hit in the country on the morning of the 29th, as he coordinated local flood relief work in his stricken county. Later that day, the Siret river threatened to break through the dykes protecting the town of Șendreni , as locals and emergency services reinforced the dykes with truckloads of sandbags to prevent the river breaking out and flooding

150-659: The county surface is covered with vines . The county's best known wine regions are Panciu – 8,100 ha (20,000 acres), Odobești – 7,000 ha (17,000 acres), and Cotești . In addition, the county's main industries are the following: County's main destinations: The Vrancea County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections , consists of 32 counsellors, with the following party composition: Vrancea County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 68 communes Siret (river) The Siret or Sireth ( Ukrainian : Сірет or Серет , Romanian : Siret pronounced [siˈret] , Hungarian : Szeret , Russian : Сирет )

165-633: The locality. The territory of Northern Transylvania remained under Soviet military administration until March 9, 1945, after which it became again part of Romania. Between 1952 and 1960, Zăbala belonged to the Magyar Autonomous Region , and between 1960 and 1968 it was part of the Brașov Region . In 1968, when Romania was reorganized based on counties rather than regions, the commune became part of Covasna County. Vrancea County Vrancea ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈvrant͡ʃe̯a] )

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180-1136: The river Siret (from source to mouth): Left: Bahna (Mihăileni), Molnița , Bahna (Lozna), Gârla Sirețel, Gârla Huțanilor, Vorona , Pleșul, Turbata, Pietrosul, Sirețel , Stolniceni , Hărmănești, Pârâul Țigăncilor , Mihăili, Boca , Albuia , Rediu, Vulpășești, Pârâul Pietros, Țiganca, Icușești, Glodeni, Râpaș, Moara , Bogdănești, Valea Morii, Ulm, Racova, Tamași, Răcătău , Soci , Fulgeriș, Rogoza, Polocin , Lupa, Bârlad , Călmățui , Geru , Bârlădel , Rusca, Mălina and Cătușa . Right: Malyi Seret , Găvan, Negostina , Pârâul Mare, Verehia, Baranca, Leahu, Stâncuța, Hănțești, Grigorești, Sălăgeni, Suceava , Șomuzul Mic , Șomuzul Mare , Pârâul lui Pulpa, Trestioara, Conțeasca , Ruja , Sodomeni, Valea Părului, Podul Turcului (Draga), Moldova , Valea Neagră , Turbata, Precista, Bistrița , Bahna, Valea Mare, Cleja (or Tocila), Răcăciuni , Drăgușeni, Scurta, Bolohan, Fântânele, Conțești, Trotuș , Valea Boului, Carecna, Câmpul, Zăbrăuț , Șușița , Gârla Morilor, Putna Seacă, Putna , Leica , Râmnicul Sărat and Buzău . During July 2010, Gheorghe Flutur , president of Suceava County , told

195-638: The start of the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–1919, the town passed under Romanian administration. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of the Kingdom of Romania and fell within plasa Covasna of Trei Scaune County . In 1940, the Second Vienna Award granted Northern Transylvania to the Kingdom of Hungary . In September 1944, during World War II , Romanian and Soviet armies entered

210-512: The straps of leather that are put around the head of a horse to allow the rider to control it. In the course of various battles with the Tatars , the villages north and south of Zabola were destroyed by the Tatars. However, the inhabitants of Zabola were capable of holding the Tatars in check and survived, as if they had put bridles around the Tatars' horses in order to control them and their riders. Outside

225-641: The village lies the "Tatárhalom" (Tatar Hill); some historians think the Tatars that were killed in action were buried there. The locality formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. From 1876 until 1918, the village belonged to the Háromszék County of the Kingdom of Hungary . In the aftermath of World War I , the Union of Transylvania with Romania was declared in December 1918. At

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