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{{other uses|Milcov (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Vrancea
|name               = Milcovul
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = 
|image_skyline      = Biserica „Sf. Ecaterina”, Milcovul.jpg
|image_caption      = St. Catherine Church in Milcovul
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Milcovul jud Vrancea.png
|map_caption        = Location in Vrancea County
|leader_name        = Mihai Neață
|leader_party       = PSD
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|45|39|N|27|15|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 33
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 27.53
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 627205
|area_code          = +(40) 237 
|website            = {{URL|https://www.primariamilcovul.ro/}}
}}
'''Milcovul''' (called '''Risipiți''' until 1964) is a [[Communes of Romania|commune]] in [[Vrancea County]], [[Romania]]. It is located in the historical region of [[Muntenia]]. It is composed of two villages, Lămotești and Milcovul, and also included [[Gologanu]] and [[Răstoaca]] from 1968, until these became separate communes again in 2004.

The commune is situated in the northern reaches of the [[Wallachian Plain]], on the banks of the [[Milcov (Siret)|Milcov River]]. It is located in the southeastern part of Vrancea County, {{cvt|9|km}} southeast of the county seat, [[Focșani]]; its other neighbors are the following communes: [[Răstoaca]] to the northeast, [[Gologanu]] to the south, and [[Slobozia Ciorăști]] to the southwest. Milcovul is crossed by [[Roads in Romania|national road]] {{ill|DN23A|ro}}, which connects Focșani to [[Ciorăști]].

In 1227 Milcov became the seat of the [[Diocese of Cumania]], a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Diocese|bishopric]] which served the [[Cumans]] and the [[Teutonic Knights]] in the [[Burzenland]]. The diocese was destroyed during the [[Mongol invasion of Europe]] in 1241.{{citation needed|reason=link between the Catholic archbishopric of the Cumans and the actual villages of the Milcovul (Risipiți) commune needs to be proven by sources.|date=July 2013}}

==References==
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{{Vrancea County}}

[[Category:Communes in Vrancea County]]
[[Category:Localities in Muntenia]]


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