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{{Short description|City in Buzău County, Romania}}
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = municipality
|county             = Buzău
|official_name      = Râmnicu Sărat
|image_flag         = 
|image_shield       = ROU BZ Ramnicu Sarat CoA.PNG
|image_skyline      = RSCityHall.JPG
|image_caption      = Râmnicu Sărat town hall
|image_map          = Ramnicu Sarat jud Buzau.png
|map_caption        = Location in Buzău County
|leader_name        = Sorin-Valentin Cîrjan<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=16 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PSD
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|45|22|48|N|27|3|36|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 118
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 8.77
|population_total   = auto
|population_as_of   = 
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 125300
|area_code          = (+40) 02 38
|website            = {{URL|https://primariermsarat.ro/}}
}}

'''Râmnicu Sărat''' (also spelled ''Rîmnicu Sărat'', {{IPA|ro|ˌrɨmniku səˈrat}}, {{langx|de|Rümnick}} or ''Rebnick''; {{langx|tr|Remnik}}) is a [[municipiu|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==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|align=none
|1859 |5707
|1900 |13134<ref>of whom 1,500 were [[History of the Jews in Romania|Jews]], {{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Râmnicu Sarat |volume=22 |page=877}}</ref>
|1912 |14496
|1930 |15007
|1948 |19267
|1956 |19095
|1966 |22336
|1977 |28689
|1992 |41405
|2002 |38805
|2011 |31256
|2021 |29774
}}

==History==
Râmnicu Sărat was the scene of battles between the Wallachians and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] in 1634, 1434, and 1573.

It was also here that, in 1789 (during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)|Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792]]), an army of [[Russian Empire|Imperial Russian]] and [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg]] troops, commanded by [[Alexander Suvorov]], defeated the Ottoman forces in the [[Battle of Rymnik]]. For this victory, Suvorov was awarded the [[victory title]] of "Count of Rymnik" or "Rimniksky" (граф Рымникский) by empress [[Catherine II of Russia|Catherine the Great]] of Russia.

In 1854, Râmnicu Sărat was almost destroyed by fire and was rebuilt. From 1864 to 1950 (with the exception of 1938&ndash;1940), the city was the seat of [[Râmnicu Sărat County]]. From 1901 to 1963, the [[Râmnicu Sărat Prison]] operated in the city.

==Educational institutions==
* [[Alexandru Vlahuță National College]]
* Ștefan cel Mare Theoretical High School
* Elina Matei Basarab Technological Economic High School
* Victor Frunză Technological High School
* Traian Săvulescu Technological High School

==Natives==
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Petre Antonescu]] 
* [[Mariana Bitang]]
* [[Romeo Bunică]]
* [[Kid Cann]]
* [[Nicolae Ciupercă]]
* [[Nicolae Fleva]]
* [[Ioan Glogojeanu]]
* [[Pompiliu Iordache]]
* [[Petre Iorgulescu-Yor]]
* [[Damian Militaru]]
* [[Nicolae Minovici]]
* [[Ștefan Minovici]]
* [[Costin Murgescu]]
* [[Leonida Nedelcu]]
* [[Eduard Nicola]]
* [[Adrian Oțoiu]]
* [[Ștefan Petrescu]]
* [[Traian Săvulescu]]
* [[Saul Steinberg]]
* [[Nicu Stoian]]
* [[Marius Tigoianu]]
{{div col end}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Gara rm sarat.jpg|The Râmnicu Sărat train station, designed by [[Anghel Saligny]]
Image:Suvorov ramna monument surroundings today.jpg|The [[Battle of Rymnik]] battlefield
Image:RSVlahuta.JPG|[[Alexandru Vlahuță National College]]
File:Biserica_Adormirea_Maicii_Domnului,_Râmnicu_Sărat.JPG|Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, built by [[Constantin Brâncoveanu]] in 1697
</gallery>

==References==
{{commons category|Râmnicu Sărat}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Buzău County}}
{{Authority control}}

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