Panciu

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = town

|county = Vrancea

|population_total = auto

|map_caption = Location in Vrancea County

|official_name = Panciu

|image_map = Panciu jud Vrancea.png

|image_shield = ROU VN Panciu CoA.jpg

|image_skyline = Monumentul Eroilor (1916 - 1918).JPG

|image_caption = World War I monument

|leader_name = Nicolai Mărăscu{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=9 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}

|leader_party = PNL

|term = 2020–2024

|coordinates = {{coord|45|54|36|N|27|5|24|E|region:RO|display=it}}

|elevation = 258

|elevation_min =

|elevation_max =

|area_total = 61.85

|population_as_of =

|population_footnotes =

|postal_code = 625300

|area_code = +(40) 237

|website = {{URL|https://www.primaria-panciu.ro}}

}}

Panciu ({{IPA|ro|ˈpant͡ʃju}}) is a town in Vrancea County, Romania. It lies on the river Șușița, in the southern part of Western Moldavia, {{convert|30|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Focșani. It administers five villages: Crucea de Jos, Crucea de Sus, Dumbrava, Neicu, and Satu Nou.

The town is located in the east-central part of the county, on the banks of the Șușița River. The region is famous for its white wines but also for its sparkling wines (white, red and rosé).

At the 2021 census, the town a population of 6,921; of those, 86% were Romanians and 2.5% Roma.{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}

Writer Ioan Slavici died in Panciu in 1926, and was buried at the hermitage within {{ill|Brazi Monastery|ro|Mănăstirea Brazi}}.{{cite web| url=https://arhiepiscopiabzvn.ro/manastirea-brazi.html|title=Mănăstirea Brazi|website=arhiepiscopiabzvn.ro|language=ro|date=January 13, 2015|access-date=June 14, 2021}}