Odobasca

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Odobasca

Total population

121

Elevation312 m

WeatherAvg high 60.7°F

Coordinates45.66°, 26.98°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Poiana Cristei is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Dealu Cucului, Dumbrava, Mahriu, Odobasca, Petreanu, Podu Lacului, Poiana Cristei, and Târâtu.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

M

Miklós Józsa

Hungarian school teacher and local historian from Romania (1934)

G

Grigore Gheba

Romanian mathematician (1912-2004)

M

Mihai N. Mihăilă

Romanian engineer

Valeriu Pantazi

Romanian painter, poet and writer (1940–2015)

F

Florinel Enache

Romanian soldier

G. M. Vlădescu

Romanian writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

grain support beetle

Aegosoma scabricorne

Seen 2026-08-29

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-08-23

Horseradish

Armoracia rusticana

Seen 2026-08-23

Japanese knotweed

Reynoutria japonica

Seen 2026-08-23

Scolia hirta

Scolia hirta

Seen 2026-08-22

Great capricorn beetle

Cerambyx cerdo

Seen 2026-08-18

Lesser Stag Beetle

Dorcus parallelipipedus

Seen 2026-08-18

Smooth Snake

Coronella austriaca

Seen 2026-08-16

Green Lizard

Lacerta viridis

Seen 2026-08-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers