Horezu

Town in Vâlcea, Romania

Coat of arms

Location in Vâlcea County

(2020–2024) Nicolae Sărdărescu^[1] (PSD)Area

117 km² (45 sq mi)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

6,467 • Density55/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Vehicle reg.VLWebsitewww.orasul-horezu.ro

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1977	5,536	—
1992	7,282	+31.5%
2002	7,446	+2.3%
2011	6,263	−15.9%
Source: Census data

Horezu is a town located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania, about 43 km from Râmnicu Vâlcea. The town administers six villages: Ifrimești, Râmești, Romanii de Jos, Romanii de Sus, Tănăsești and Urșani.

The town is well known for its people who make pottery and present it at an annual fair (see Horezu ceramics). There are special traditions which have been well preserved. The town has slightly over 6,000 inhabitants, most of them working in agriculture and services.

Horezu is the site of Horezu Monastery, a World Heritage Site.

Notable people

Ana Cartianu (1908–2001), academic, essayist, and translator
Lazăr Comănescu (b. 1949), diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Andrei Popescu (b. 1985), footballer

Twin towns - sister cities

Horezu is twinned with:^[3]

Clervaux, Luxembourg

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Horezu se va înfrăți cu comuna Clervaux din Luxemburg". voceavalcii.ro (in Romanian). Vocea Vâlcii. 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-09-17.