2. Settlement
It is located in the east of the county, in the Curb Subcarpathians, on the
left bank of the Buzau River. It is crossed by the DN10 national road
linking Buzău de Braşov and the Buzău-Nehoiaşu railway, which is
served by Ojasca and Unguriu stations.
3. Demography
According to the census carried out in 2011, the population of Unguriu commune
is 2.415 inhabitants, down from the previous census in 2002, when there were
2,440 inhabitants. Most of the inhabitants are Romanian (97.89%). For 1.99% of
the population, ethnicity is unknown. From the confessional point of view, most of
the inhabitants are Orthodox (96.11%), with a Seventh-day Adventist minority
(1.41%). For 2.11% of the population, confessional membership is unknown.
4. History
At the end of the 19th century Unguriu was a village of Magura
village, a village with 920 inhabitants living in 216 houses and having
Palanga and Scriptoria subdivisions. Unguriu commune appeared in
1931, being formed only from the village of residence. In 1950, the
Unguriu commune became part of Buzau district in the Buzau region
and then (after 1952) in the Ploiesti region, having as localities the
components of Unguriu and Ojasca. The commune was disbanded in
1968 and included in the village of Magura, Ojasca village being
merged with Unguriu village, Magura commune becoming part of
Buzau county. This change came back in 2004, when Unguriu was
restored in its form before 1968.
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6. About the Commune
Unguriu commune is located on the banks of the Buzău River, 18 km from Buzău, with
access to the DN 10 national road Buzău-Braşov and the railway on the Buzău -Nehoiaşu
route, with two CFR stations: Unguriu and Ojasca.
The Unguriu settlement appears under this name for the first time in 1582, when
Constantin Mavrocordat, through a charter, passed the village of Unguriu under the control
of the Buzau Episcopate. Also in the years 1604, 1621 and 1739, by other specimens and
chrisoave, it is again mentioned the existence of the village Unguriu. In the middle of the
seventeenth century (1620), over the water springs "Ciuciuri", Unguriu Monastery was
established, the monks here bringing for the Romanian services over the mountains, from
Sacele area, the locals giving them the name of Hungarians. It is worth mentioning that
during the Phanariot period, when, between 1805-1821, the Habsburg border descended to
the Ojeasca spring, the Unguriu monastery was destroyed, and it was then for the second
time recorded for the village Ojasca, known after the written record By the prince Mihai
Logofătu, by which he sells his part of the estate from the village of Ojeasca. For the first
time, the village of Ojeasca is mentioned in 1715, when Luxandra Ierculeasa donates to the
Buzau Episcopate a "rope" of the estate here. The future commune consists of Unguriu and
Ojasca villages and occupies an area of 1685 ha, of which 176 ha are intravilan
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8. Traditions and customs
Moldovan dance is one of the oldest folk art, being a "poem of the people", for
when the Moldovans dance - "the heart speaks". Each movement speaks of the
talent and spiritual characteristics of the people in different historical periods.
