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{{About||the former administrative subdivision|Tecuci County|the river in southern Romania|Tecuci (river)|the village in Teleorman County|Balaci}}
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|type               = municipality
|county             = Galați
|official_name      = Tecuci
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| caption1           = [[Tecuci Town Museum]]
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| caption2           = House of Culture
| image3             = Biserica Sf. Gheorghe din Tecuci3.jpg
| caption3           = St. George Church
| image4             = Tecuci_Liceul_agricol.jpg
| caption4           = National College of Agriculture and Economics
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|image_map          = Tecuci jud Galati.png
|map_caption        = Location in Galați County
|leader_name        = Lucian-Grigore Costin<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale09062024v2/ |title=Results of the 2024 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=18 December 2025 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_term        = 2024&ndash;2028
|leader_party       = PNL
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|website            = {{URL|https://primariatecuci.ro/}}
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'''Tecuci''' ({{IPA|ro|teˈkutʃʲ}}) is a [[municipiu|city]] in [[Galați County]], [[Romania]], in the historical region of [[Western Moldavia]]. It is situated among wooded hills, on the right bank of the [[Bârlad (river)|Bârlad River]], and at the junction of railways from [[Galați]], [[Bârlad]], and [[Mărășești]].

==History==
The area neighboring Tecuci was the scene of a fierce battle in 1476 between [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Moldavian Prince]] [[Stephen III of Moldavia|Stephen the Great]] and the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]].<ref name="eb1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Tecuci}}</ref>

Under the [[Kingdom of Romania]], it was the residence of the now-defunct [[Tecuci County]].<ref name="eb1911"/>

==Economy==
The city was famous{{When|date=March 2020}} for its canned food factories, which preserve vegetables, fruit and meat, as well as for its [[Mustard (condiment)|mustard]] factories.

==Climate==

Climate in Tecuci is defined as [[Humid continental climate|Dfb]] (Humid continental climate with warm summers), bordering a [[Humid continental climate|Dfa]] (Humid continental climate with hot summers).

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| Jan high C  = 0.9
| Feb high C  = 2.9
| Mar high C  = 9.1
| Apr high C  = 16.7
| May high C  = 22.4
| Jun high C  = 25.8
| Jul high C  = 27.7
| Aug high C  = 27.4
| Sep high C  = 23.3
| Oct high C  = 16.7
| Nov high C  = 9.1
| Dec high C  = 3.2
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| Jan mean C  = -2.5
| Feb mean C  = -0.6
| Mar mean C  = 4.5
| Apr mean C  = 11.0
| May mean C  = 16.5
| Jun mean C  = 19.9
| Jul mean C  = 21.7
| Aug mean C  = 21.3
| Sep mean C  = 17.2
| Oct mean C  = 11.2
| Nov mean C  = 5.2
| Dec mean C  = 0.2
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| Jan low C  = -5.9
| Feb low C  = -4.0
| Mar low C  = 0.0
| Apr low C  = 5.4
| May low C  = 10.7
| Jun low C  = 14.1
| Jul low C  = 15.7
| Aug low C  = 15.2
| Sep low C  = 11.2
| Oct low C  = 5.8
| Nov low C  = 1.4
| Dec low C  = -2.8
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| Jan precipitation mm  = 27
| Feb precipitation mm  = 28
| Mar precipitation mm  = 27
| Apr precipitation mm  = 42
| May precipitation mm  = 59
| Jun precipitation mm  = 72
| Jul precipitation mm  = 59
| Aug precipitation mm  = 50
| Sep precipitation mm  = 44
| Oct precipitation mm  = 28
| Nov precipitation mm  = 33
| Dec precipitation mm  = 29
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| source = <ref>{{cite web |url= http://en.climate-data.org/location/15056/ |title=Tecuci Climate |publisher=Climate-data.org |access-date=November 25, 2016 }}</ref>
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==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1859 |5769
|1900 |13401
|1912 |14927
|1930 |17172
|1948 |20292
|1956 |23400
|1966 |28454
|1977 |36143
|1992 |46825
|2002 |42012
|2011 |34871
|2021 |32801
}}

As of the [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]], there were 34,871 inhabitants who lived within the city limits, of which 83.2% were [[Romanians]] and 4.3% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]].<ref name="INSSE-etnie-2011">{{cite web|url= http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_Tab_8.xls|title= Populația stabilă după etnie - județe, municipii, oraşe, comune|publisher= National Institute of Statistics|access-date= April 15, 2014|archive-date= January 18, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160118131243/http://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/sR_Tab_8.xls|url-status= dead}}</ref> At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Tecuci had a population of 32,801; of those, 74.17% were Romanians and 3.69% Roma.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

==Natives==
* [[Nina Arbore]] (1888–1942), painter and illustrator
* [[George Arion]] (b. 1946), writer
* {{ill|Mihai Berza|ro}} (1907–1978), historian
* [[Eugen Boureanul]] (1885–1971), prose writer
* [[Gabriel Bujor]] (b. 1990), handball player
* [[Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu]] (1887–1929), first woman aviator in Romania
* [[Cristina Carp]] (b. 1997), footballer 
* [[Henri Cihoski]] (1872–1950), politician and general
* {{ill|Emil Coșeru|ro}} (b. 1947), actor
* {{ill|Vintilă Dongoroz|ro}} (1893–1976), jurist, lawyer and professor
* [[Costică Donose]] (b. 1952), footballer
* [[Mișu Dulgheru]] (1909–2002), communist activist and spy
* [[Alina Gorghiu]] (b. 1978), lawyer and former president of the [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL)
* [[Calistrat Hogaș]] (1847–1917), writer
* [[Iorgu Iordan]] (1888–1986), linguist, philologist and communist politician
* [[Dimitrie Lecca]] (1832–1888), officer and politician
* [[Mihail Manoilescu]] (1891–1950), publicist, economist, and politician
* [[Vasile Mihai]] (b. 1995), footballer
* [[Alexandru Mironescu]] (1903–1973), prose writer
* [[Henri Moscovici]] (b. 1944), mathematician
* [[Dinu Negreanu]] (1917–2001), film director
* {{ill|Pedro Negrescu|ro}} (1969–2021), musician
* [[Claudiu Pamfile]] (b. 1997), footballer 
* [[Oana Pantelimon]] (b. 1972), high jumper
* [[Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah]] (1833–1898), historian, politician, and academician
* [[Gheorghe Petrașcu]] (1872–1949), painter and academician
* [[N. Petrașcu]] (1859–1944), diplomat, writer, memoirist, publicist, art historian and critic
* [[Ion Petrovici]] (1882–1972), philosopher, essayist, memoirist, writer, orator, and politician
* [[Theodor Șerbănescu]] (1839–1901), poet and translator
* [[Simona Sharoni]] (b. 1961), feminist scholar and activist
* [[Victor Stănculescu]] (1928–2016), general
* [[Catalin Tecuceanu]] (b. 1999), middle-distance runner

== Museums ==
* [[Tecuci Town Museum]] ({{langx|ro|Muzeul Mixt Tecuci}})

==Festivals==
Tecuci is the host of several cultural festivals:
* International Aphorism Festival<ref name="aphorism">{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-locale/galati/festivalul-international-al-aforismului-de-la-1877803.html|title=Festivalul Internațional al Aforismului, de la Tecuci, reflectat intr-un volum tiparit in sase limbi, in Liban|publisher= Adevărul| access-date= November 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name="aphorism2">{{cite web|url=https://dprp.gov.ro/web/evenimente-comunitati/festivalul-international-al-aforismului-tecuci-12-14-octombrie-2023/ |title=Festivalul Internațional al Aforismului de la Tecuci|publisher=Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni| access-date= May 11, 2024}}</ref>
* Costache Conachi Poetry Festival<ref name="poetry">{{cite web|url=https://www.vinsieu.ro/evenimente/festivaluri/tecuci/data/cls.html 
|title=Festivaluri in Tecuci|publisher= vinsieu.ro| access-date= November 15, 2020}}</ref>
* Omătuța traditional folk music festival<ref name="poetry"/>

==References==
{{Commons category|Tecuci}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Galați County}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Tecuci| ]]
[[Category:Populated places in Galați County]]
[[Category:Cities in Romania]]
[[Category:Capitals of former Romanian counties]]
[[Category:Localities in Western Moldavia]]


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