Reghiu

The commune is located in the central-west part of the county, {{cvt|32|km}} from the county seat, Focșani, in a hilly area at the foot of the Curvature Carpathians. It lies on the banks of the Milcov River, the traditional boundary between Wallachia and Moldavia; the Reghiu River flows into the Milcov in the village Reghiu. It is crossed by the national road {{ill|DN2M|ro}}, which connects it to the south with Andreiașu de Jos and Nereju, and to the east with Mera, Broșteni, Odobești, and Focșani (where it ends in {{ill|DN2D|ro}}).

At the end of the 19th century, the villages and the current territory of the commune were part of the neighboring communes of Mera and Năruja. The Socec yearbook from 1924 records the appearance of Reghiu commune in plasa Gârlele of Putna County, with 2,053 inhabitants in the villages of Andriași and Reghiu.{{Cite web|title=Comuna Reghiu în Anuarul Socec al României-mari|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdclccn.ca28001063_1924_1925/?sp=614|lang=ro|year=1924|publisher=Library of Congress|website=www.loc.gov|access-date=October 23, 2022|page=606}} In 1931, the commune took its current form, comprising at the time the villages of Farcaș, Jgheaburi, Pârlita, Răiuț, Reghiu, Ursoaia, Valea Boului, and Valea Milcovului.{{Citation|publisher=Monitorul Oficial|title=Tablou de regruparea comunelor rurale întocmit conform legii privind modificarea unor dispozițiuni din legea pentru organizarea administrațiunii locale|lang=ro|issue=161|date=July 15, 1931|page=313}}

In 1950, the commune was transferred to the Năruja raion of {{ill|Putna Region|ro|Regiunea Putna}}; two years later it became part of the Focșani raion of Bârlad Region, and in 1956 it was transferred to the {{ill|Galați Region|ro|Regiunea Galați}}. The village of Valea Boului took the name of Piscu Reghiului in 1964.{{Cite web|url=http://www.monitoruljuridic.ro/act/decret-nr-799-din-17-decembrie-1964-privind-schimbarea-denumirii-unor-localitati-emitent-consiliul-de-stat-publicat-n-19380.html|title=Decretul nr. 799 din 17 decembrie 1964 privind schimbarea denumirii unor localități|lang=ro| website=www.monitoruljuridic.ro| access-date=October 23, 2022}} In 1968, Reghiu became part of Vrancea County, in its present form.{{Cite web|url=http://www.monitoruljuridic.ro/act/lege-nr-2-din-16-februarie-1968-republicata-privind-organizarea-administrativa-a-teritoriului-republicii-socialiste-romania-emitent-marea-adunare-nationala-46045.html|title=Legea nr. 2/1968|lang=ro|website=www.monitoruljuridic.ro|access-date=October 23, 2022}}

{{Historical populations

|source = Census data

|2002 |2657

|2011 |2126

|2021 |2039

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According to the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 2,126, of which 98.12% were ethnic Romanians. At the 2021 census, Reghiu had a population of 2,039, of which 94.26% were Romanians.{{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}}

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