Adjud

History

In the northern part of the town a settlement from the Bronze Age was discovered, which dates roughly from the second millennium BC and belongs to Monteoru culture. Geto-Dacian vestiges of 5th century BC were also found here. The first mention of the town is made by its Hungarian name Egyedhalma ("in oppido nostro Egydhalm” meaning "in our city Gilles' Hill") in a Latin language document from 1433, where Iliaș of Moldavia granted commercial privileges to Transylvanian Saxon merchants. The Romanian name of Adjud derives from the Hungarian one. The original name supports the idea that the town was established by Hungarian Csángós settled in Moldavia as part of a systematic Hungarian imperial policy to settle Hungarian and partly German population in places of strategic economic, commercial and military importance with the task to control and defend the eastern frontier of Hungary. The Battle of Adjud occurred here on 14 October 1788, during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792), pitting the armies of the Russian Empire and the Habsburg monarchy (under the command of field marshal Baron Spleny von Mihald) against those of the Ottoman Empire. Adjud was declared a city in 1948. In 1950 it became the residence of Adjud district from Putna Region, then (after 1952) from Bârlad Region and (after 1956) from the Bacău Region. In 1968, it became a city of Vrancea County, while in 2000 Adjud was declared a municipality.

Geography

Adjud is situated on a plain and is surrounded by hills up to a height of at the foot of the Vrancea Mountains, a mountain range in the Curvature Carpathians. The average altitude of the town is above sea level. The surrounding land is favorable for agriculture. Geological research findings show the city's subsoil having layers of gravel and sand Levantine and Quaternary, forming significant hydrological aquifers deposits fed by the Trotuș and Siret rivers and direct rainfalls.

Most-observed species

• Californian Burr, Burweed, Cocklebur

  Xanthium orientale L. · Magnoliopsida
  65
• Canadian Fleabane

  Erigeron canadensis L. · Magnoliopsida
  53
• Tree-of-Heaven

  Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle · Magnoliopsida
  50
• Ragweed

  Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. · Magnoliopsida
  50
• False-acacia

  Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
  47
• Common Amaranth

  Amaranthus retroflexus L. · Magnoliopsida
  38
• Johnson-grass

  Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. · Liliopsida
  35
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  35

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2026-08-25
  13 km SSE of Comandău, Romania
• M 4.5 — 2026-02-26
  1 km SSW of Paltin, Romania
• M 4.2 — 2025-10-25
  12 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania
• M 4.4 — 2025-08-24
  2 km S of Spulber, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2025-05-16
  13 km NNW of Gura Teghii, Romania
• M 4.2 — 2025-05-11
  11 km N of Gura Teghii, Romania