Ruginești is a commune located in

Vrancea County Vrancea () 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. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is composed of four villages: Anghelești, Copăcești, Ruginești and Văleni.

Natives

Sava Athanasiu Sava Athanasiu (28 April 1861 – 8 April 1946) was a Romanian geologist and paleontologist. Born in Ruginești, Vrancea County, he completed a private high school in Iași, where he was attracted to the natural sciences by his teacher Grigore C ...

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Communes in Vrancea County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Vrancea-geo-stub