Suraia is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Suraia. It included the village of BilieÃÂti until 2004, when this was split off to form a separate commune.
The commune is located in the eastern part of the county, on the right bank of the Siret, a river that forms the border with GalaÃÂi County. Suraia is crossed by county road DJ204D, which connects it to the south to Vulturu (where it ends in DN23) and to the northwest to BilieÃÂti, VânÃÂtori, and FocÃÂani (where it ends in DN2). The FÃÂureiâÂÂTecuci railway also passes through the commune, which is served by the Suraia stop.
At the end of the 19th century, the commune was part of Putna County and was formed by the villages of Butuceni, Dimaciu, DumbrÃÂviÃÂa, and Suraia, with 3,041 inhabitants. In 1950, the commune was assigned to the FocÃÂani raion of , then (after 1952) of Bârlad Region and (after 1956) of . In 1968, it was transferred to Vrancea County.
In December 1957âÂÂJanuary 1958, during the Communist era, the peasants from Suraia and nearby Vadu-RoÃÂca and RÃÂstoaca resisted the collectivization of agriculture. Nine peasants from the area were shot dead, and 17 were wounded; 73 were tried and sentenced to long prison terms.