Panciu () is a town in Vrancea County, Romania. It lies on the river ÃÂuÃÂiÃÂa, in the southern part of Western Moldavia, northwest of FocÃÂani. 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 ÃÂuÃÂiÃÂa 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.
Writer Ioan Slavici died in Panciu in 1926, and was buried at the hermitage within .