Bacău is a county (judeţ

Judet

A județ is an administrative division in Romania, and was also used for some time in Moldova, before that country switched to raions.Județ translates into English as jurisdiction, but is commonly mistranslated as county .The territory of Romania is divided for administrative purposes into 41...

) of Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, in Moldavia

Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...

, with its capital city at Bacău

Bacau

Bacău is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. It covers a land surface of 43 km², and, as of January 1, 2009, has an estimated population of 177,087. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistriţa River...

. It has one commune, Ghimeş-Făget

Ghimes-Faget

Ghimeş-Făget is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is the only commune in the county that lies in the historical region of Transylvania.- Component villages :The commune, the seat of which is Făget village, is composed of six villages:- History :...

, in Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

.

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 706,623 and the population density was 113/km².

The ethnic breakdown was as follows:

• Romanians
  Romanians
  The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
  
   – 97.5%
• Hungarians/Csángó
  Csángó
  The Csango people are a Hungarian ethnographic group of Roman Catholic faith living mostly in the Romanian region of Moldavia, especially in the Bacău County...
  
  s – 0.7%
• Roma – 1.7%.

According to the 2002 census the Csángó Hungarians number 5,100 people (0.7%). Some estimates put the total number of Csángós at around 70,000.

Year	County population
1948	414,996
1956	507,937
1966	598,321
1977	667,791
1992	737,512
2002	706,623

Geography

This county has a total area of 6,621 km².

The West side of the county are mountains from the Eastern Carpathian

Carpathian Mountains

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly long across Central and Eastern Europe, making them the second-longest mountain range in Europe...

 group. Here, along the valleys of the Oituz River

Oituz River

The Oituz River is a tributary of the Trotuş River in Romania.-References:* Administraţia Naţională Apelor Române - Cadastrul Apelor - Bucureşti* Institutul de Meteorologie şi Hidrologie - Rîurile României - Bucureşti 1971...

 and Trotuş River

Trotus River

The Trotuş River in eastern Romania emerges from the Ciuc Mountains in the Eastern Carpathians and joins the Siret River after passing through Comăneşti and Oneşti in Bacău County...

 there are two important links between Moldavia

Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...

 and Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

. To the East side, the heights decrease and the lowest point can be found on the Siret River

Siret River

The Siret or Sireth is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania for 470 km before it joins the Danube...

 valley which crosses the county from North to South in the middle. On the East side there is the Moldavian Plateau crossed by many small rivers.

Neighbours

• Vaslui County
  Vaslui County
  Vaslui is a county of Romania, in the historical region Moldavia, with the seat at Vaslui.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 455,049 and the population density was 86/km².*Romanians - over 98%*Romas, other-Geography:...
  
   in the East.
• Harghita County
  Harghita County
  Harghita is a county in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea-Ciuc.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 326,222 and a population density of 52/km².*Hungarians- 85%...
  
   and Covasna County
  Covasna County
  Covasna is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Sfântu Gheorghe.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 222,449 and the population density was 60/km².*Hungarians – 73.79% *Romanians – 23.28%...
  
   in the West.
• Neamţ County
  Neamt County
  Neamț is a county of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. It has three communes, Bicaz-Chei, Bicazu Ardelean and Dămuc in Transylvania.-Demographics:...
  
   in the North.
• Vrancea County
  Vrancea County
  Vrancea is a county in Romania, with its seat at Focşani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia.-Demographics:...
  
   in the South.

Economy

The county of Bacău was one of the most industrialized regions in the communist period and it remained Moldavia's most important industrial center ever since. There are two large oil refineries at Oneşti

Onesti

Onești is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 51,681 inhabitants.Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești...

 and Dărmăneşti

Darmanesti

Dărmăneşti is a town in the eastern Romania, in Bacău County, in the valleys of the Trotuş and Uz rivers. The town is named after one of its leaders, "Dărman" and the earliest reference to the town is from the 16th century. As of 2002, it has a population of 14,200.The town administers five...

. Following the collapse of the communist regime, Bacău continued to be the region's most important GDP supplier, but the county became more famous for the controversial figures involved in local economy than for its performance.

The predominant industries in the county are:

• The chemical and oil industry.
• Food industry.
• Construction materials industry.
• Wood and paper industry.
• Textile industry.
• Mechanical components industry.
• Aeronautics industry.

In Bacău county there are important reserves of oil

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...

 and salt. Also coal is exploited.

Tourism

The main tourist destinations in the county are:

• The cities of Bacău
  Bacau
  Bacău is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. It covers a land surface of 43 km², and, as of January 1, 2009, has an estimated population of 177,087. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistriţa River...
  
   and Oneşti
  Onesti
  Onești is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 51,681 inhabitants.Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești...
  
  .
• The resorts:
  • Slănic-Moldova
  • Poiana Sărată
  • Târgu Ocna
    Târgu Ocna
    Târgu Ocna is a town in Bacău County, Romania, situated on the left bank of the Trotuş River, an affluent of the Siret, and on a branch railway which crosses the Ghimeş Pass from Moldavia into Transylvania. Târgu Ocna is built among the Carpathian Mountains on bare hills formed of rock salt...
    
    
  • Poiana Uzului
• The Nemira Mountains.

People

• Gabriela Adameşteanu
  Gabriela Adamesteanu
  Gabriela Adameșteanu is a Romanian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator. The author of the celebrated novels The Equal Way of Every Day and Wasted Morning , she is also known as an activist in support of civil society and member of the Group for Social Dialogue , as...
  
  
• Vasile Alecsandri
  Vasile Alecsandri
  Vasile Alecsandri was a Romanian poet, playwright, politician, and diplomat. He collected Romanian folk songs and was one of the principal animators of the 19th century movement for Romanian cultural identity and union of Moldavia and Wallachia....
  
  
• George Bacovia
  George Bacovia
  George Bacovia was a Romanian symbolist poet. While he initially belonged to the local Symbolist movement, his poetry came to be seen as a precursor of Romanian Modernism and eventually established him in critical esteem alongside Tudor Arghezi, Lucian Blaga and Ion Barbu as one of the most...
  
  
• Raluca Belciu
• Radu Beligan
  Radu Beligan
  Radu Beligan is a Romanian actor who has appeared in theatre, film, television, and radio.He played many celebrated roles by major Romanian playwrights and universally known roles by Shakespeare, Goldoni,...
  
  
• Nadia Comăneci
  Nadia Comaneci
  Nadia Elena Comăneci is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the first female gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer...
  
  
• Loredana Groza
  Loredana Groza
  Loredana Groza is a Romanian pop singer. Singer, actress, TV hostess and mother, Loredana began her career in the city of Oneşti. She alternated music styles in order to show her wide talents...
  
  
• Alexandru Piru
• Ion Rotaru
• Marcus Solomon
• Ion Talianu
• Tristan Tzara
  Tristan Tzara
  Tristan Tzara was a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist. Also active as a journalist, playwright, literary and art critic, composer and film director, he was known best for being one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement...
  
  
• Gabriela Vrânceanu Firea

Administrative divisions

Bacău County has 3 municipalities, 5 towns and 85 communes

• Municipalities
  • Bacău
    Bacau
    Bacău is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. It covers a land surface of 43 km², and, as of January 1, 2009, has an estimated population of 177,087. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, and on the Bistriţa River...
    
     – capital city; population: 175,921 (as of 2002)
  • Moineşti
    Moinesti
    Moineşti is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 24,210 . Its name is derived from the Romanian-language word moină, which means "fallow" or "light rain". Moineşti once had a large Jewish community; in Jewish contexts the name is often given as Mojnescht...
    
    
  • Oneşti
    Onesti
    Onești is a city in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 51,681 inhabitants.Administratively, the villages of Slobozia and Borzești form part of Onești...
    
    
• Towns
  • Buhuşi
    Buhusi
    Buhuşi is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of about 18,980. It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodeşti" and was a property of an important family of Boyars named "Buhuş". Lucian Predescu Buhuşi is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of...
    
    
  • Comăneşti
    Comanesti
    Comăneşti is a town in Bacău County, Romania, with a population of 26,230. It is situated on the Trotuş River, which flows between the Ciuc and the Tarcău mountains .The town administers two villages, Podei and Vermeşti.-History:...
    
    
  • Dărmăneşti
    Darmanesti
    Dărmăneşti is a town in the eastern Romania, in Bacău County, in the valleys of the Trotuş and Uz rivers. The town is named after one of its leaders, "Dărman" and the earliest reference to the town is from the 16th century. As of 2002, it has a population of 14,200.The town administers five...
    
    
  • Slănic-Moldova
  • Târgu Ocna
    Târgu Ocna
    Târgu Ocna is a town in Bacău County, Romania, situated on the left bank of the Trotuş River, an affluent of the Siret, and on a branch railway which crosses the Ghimeş Pass from Moldavia into Transylvania. Târgu Ocna is built among the Carpathian Mountains on bare hills formed of rock salt...
    
    

• Communes
  • Agăş
    Agas
    Agăş is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Agăş, Beleghet, Coşnea, Cotumba, Diaconeşti, Goioasa, Preluci and Sulţa....
    
    
  • Ardeoani
    Ardeoani
    Ardeoani is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ardeoani and Leontineşti....
    
    
  • Asău
    Asau
    Asău is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Apa Asău, Asău, Ciobănuş, Lunca Asău, Păltiniş and Straja....
    
    
  • Balcani
    Balcani
    Balcani is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Balcani, Frumoasa, Ludaşi and Schitu Frumoasa....
    
    
  • Bereşti-Bistriţa
    Beresti-Bistrita
    Bereşti-Bistriţa is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bereşti-Bistriţa, Brad, Climeşti and Pădureni. It also included Ciumaşi, Dumbrava, Făgeţel and Iteşti villages until 2005, when they were split off to form Iteşti Commune....
    
    
  • Bereşti-Tazlău
    Beresti-Tazlau
    Bereşti-Tazlău is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bereşti-Tazlău, Boşoteni, Enăcheşti, Prisaca, Româneşti, Tescani and Turluianu....
    
    
  • Berzunţi
    Berzunti
    Berzunţi is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Berzunţi, Buda and Dragomir....
    
    
  • Bârsăneşti
    Bârsanesti
    Bârsăneşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Albele, Bârsăneşti, Brăteşti and Caraclău....
    
    
  • Blăgeşti
    Blagesti, Bacau
    Blăgeşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Blăgeşti, Buda, Poiana Negustorului, Ţârdenii Mari and Valea lui Ion....
    
    
  • Bogdăneşti
    Bogdanesti, Bacau
    Bogdăneşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania located on the Oituz River valley. It is composed of two villages, Bogdăneşti and Filipeşti....
    
    
  • Brusturoasa
    Brusturoasa
    Brusturoasa is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Brusturoasa, Buruieniş, Buruienişu de Sus, Camenca, Cuchiniş and Hângăneşti....
    
    
  • Buciumi
    Buciumi, Bacau
    Buciumi is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Buciumi and Răcăuţi. The villages were part of Ştefan cel Mare Commune until 2005, when they were split off.-References:...
    
    
  • Buhoci
    Buhoci
    Buhoci is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bijghir, Buhocel, Buhoci, Coteni and Dospineşti....
    
    
  • Caşin
    Casin
    Caşin is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Caşin and Curiţa....
    
    
  • Căiuţi
    Caiuti
    Căiuţi is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Blidari, Boiştea, Căiuţi, Floreşti, Heltiu, Mărceşti, Popeni, Pralea and Vrânceni....
    
    

• • Cleja
    Cleja
    Cleja is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cleja, Somuşca and Valea Mică ....
    
    
  • Coloneşti
    Colonesti, Bacau
    Coloneşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Călini, Coloneşti, Poiana, Satu Nou, Spria, Valea Mare and Zăpodia....
    
    
  • Corbasca
    Corbasca
    Corbasca is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Băcioiu, Corbasca, Marvila, Pogleţ, Rogoaza, Scărişoara and Vâlcele....
    
    
  • Coţofăneşti
    Cotofanesti
    Coţofăneşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bâlca, Boiştea de Jos, Borşani, Coţofăneşti and Tămăşoaia....
    
    
  • Dămieneşti
    Damienesti
    Dămieneşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Călugăreni, Dămieneşti, Drăgeşti and Pădureni....
    
    
  • Dealu Morii
    Dealu Morii
    Dealu Morii is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of fourteen villages: Banca, Bălăneşti, Blaga, Boboş, Bodeasa, Bostăneşti, Calapodeşti, Căuia, Dealu Morii, Dorofei, Ghionoaia, Grădeşti, Neguleşti and Tăvădăreşti....
    
    
  • Dofteana
    Dofteana
    Dofteana is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bogata , Cucuieţi , Dofteana, Hăghiac, Larga , Seaca and Ştefan Vodă....
    
    
  • Faraoani
    Faraoani
    Faraoani is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Faraoani and Valea Mare . At the 2002 census, 99.1% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians and 0.8% Csangos. 99.4% were Roman Catholic and 0.6% Romanian Orthodox....
    
    
  • Filipeni
  • Filipeşti
    Filipesti
    Filipeşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Boanţa, Cârligi, Corneşti, Cotu Grosului, Filipeşti, Galbeni, Hârleşti and Onişcani....
    
    
  • Găiceana
    Gaiceana
    Găiceana is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Arini, Găiceana, Huţu and Popeşti....
    
    
  • Ghimeş-Făget
    Ghimes-Faget
    Ghimeş-Făget is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is the only commune in the county that lies in the historical region of Transylvania.- Component villages :The commune, the seat of which is Făget village, is composed of six villages:- History :...
    
    
  • Gârleni
    Gârleni
    Gârleni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Gârleni, Gârlenii de Sus , Lespezi and Şurina. At the 2002 census, 98.7% of the inhabitants were Romanians, 0.7% Hungarians and 0.5% Csangos. 64% were Roman Catholic, 35% Romanian Orthodox and 0.5%...
    
    
  • Glăvăneşti
    Glavanesti
    Glăvăneşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Frumuşelu, Glăvăneşti, Muncelu, Putredeni and Răzeşu.-References:...
    
    

• • Gioseni
    Gioseni
    Gioseni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Gioseni. It was part of Tamaşi Commune until 2005, when it was split off....
    
    
  • Gura Văii
    Gura Vaii, Bacau
    Gura Văii is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Capăta, Dumbrava, Gura Văii, Motoceşti, Păltinata and Temelia....
    
    
  • Helegiu
    Helegiu
    Helegiu is a commune in Bacău County. It is composed of four villages: Brătila, Deleni, Drăgugeşti and Helegiu.The commune was founded by merging the two neighbouring communes of Helegiu and Brătila as a result of the last administrative-territorial reorganization in 1968....
    
    
  • Hemeiuş
    Hemeius
    Hemeiuş is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Fântânele, Hemeiuş and Lilieci....
    
    
  • Huruieşti
    Huruiesti
    Huruieşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Căpoteşti, Floreşti, Fundoaia, Huruieşti, Ocheni, Perchiu and Prădaiş....
    
    
  • Horgeşti
    Horgesti
    Horgeşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Bazga, Galeri, Horgeşti, Mărăscu, Răcătău-Răzeşi, Răcătău de Jos, Recea and Sohodor....
    
    
  • Izvoru Berheciului
    Izvoru Berheciului
    Izvoru Berheciului is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Antoheşti, Băimac, Făghieni, Izvoru Berheciului, Obârşia, Oţeleşti and Pădureni....
    
    
  • Iteşti
    Itesti
    Iteşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Ciumaşi, Dumbrava, Făgeţel and Iteşti. These were part of Bereşti-Bistriţa Commune until 2005, when they were split off....
    
    
  • Letea Veche
    Letea Veche
    Letea Veche is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Holt, Letea Veche, Radomireşti, Ruşi-Ciutea and Siretu....
    
    
  • Lipova
    Lipova, Bacau
    Lipova is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Lipova, Mâlosu, Satu Nou, Valea Caselor, Valea Hogei, Valea Mărului and Valea Moşneagului....
    
    
  • Livezi
    Livezi, Bacau
    Livezi is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bălăneasa, Livezi, Orăşa, Poiana, Prăjoaia and Scăriga....
    
    
  • Luizi-Călugăra
    Luizi-Calugara
    Luizi-Călugăra is a commune in Bacău County Romania. It is composed of two villages, Luizi-Călugăra and Osebiţi.-History and demographics:...
    
    
  • Măgireşti
    Magiresti
    Măgireşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Măgireşti, Prăjeşti, Stăneşti, Şesuri and Valea Arinilor....
    
    
  • Măgura
    Magura, Bacau
    Măgura is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Crihan, Dealu Mare, Măgura and Sohodol....
    
    

• • Mănăstirea Caşin
    Manastirea Casin
    Mănăstirea Caşin is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Lupeşti, Mănăstirea Caşin, Pârvuleşti and Scutaru....
    
    
  • Mărgineni
    Margineni, Bacau
    Mărgineni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Baraţi , Luncani , Mărgineni, Pădureni, Podiş, Poiana, Trebeş and Valea Budului....
    
    
  • Motoşeni
    Motoseni
    Motoşeni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of fourteen villages: Bâcleşti, Chetreni, Chicerea, Cociu, Cornăţelu, Fântânele, Fundătura, Gura Crăieşti, Motoşeni, Poiana, Praja, Rotăria, Şendreşti and Ţepoaia....
    
    
  • Negri
    Negri, Bacau
    Negri is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Brad, Călineşti, Mâgla, Negri, Poiana and Ursoaia....
    
    
  • Nicolae Bălcescu
    Nicolae Balcescu, Bacau
    Nicolae Bălcescu is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Buchila, Galbeni, Lărguţa, Nicolae Bălcescu and Valea Seacă. It also included Bălţata and Sărata villages until 2004, when they were split off to form Sărata Commune....
    
    
  • Odobeşti
    Odobesti, Bacau
    Odobeşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Băluşa, Ciutureşti, Odobeşti and Tisa-Silvestri. These were part of Secuieni Commune until 2005, when they were split off to form a separate commune....
    
    
  • Oituz
    Oituz
    Oituz is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Călcâi , Ferestrău-Oituz , Hârja , Marginea, Oituz and Poiana Sărată ....
    
    
  • Onceşti
    Oncesti, Bacau
    Onceşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bărboasa, Dealu Perjului, Onceşti, Onceştii Vechi, Satu Nou, Tarniţa and Taula....
    
    
  • Orbeni
    Orbeni
    Orbeni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Orbeni and Scurta....
    
    
  • Palanca
    Palanca, Bacau
    Palanca is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cădăreşti , Ciugheş , Pajiştea , Palanca and Popoiu. According to the 2002 census, the commune's inhabitants are 99.5% Romanians and 0.5% Hungarians; they are 60.3% Romanian Orthodox and 39.7% Roman Catholic.-References:...
    
    
  • Parava
    Parava, Bacau
    Parava is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Drăguşani, Parava, Rădoaia and Teiuş.At the 2002 census, 79.5% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians and 20.4% Roma. 98.4% were Romanian Orthodox and 1.2% Seventh-day Adventist....
    
    
  • Pânceşti
  • Parincea
    Parincea
    Parincea is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Barna, Mileştii de Jos, Mileştii de Sus, Năneşti, Năstăseni, Parincea, Poieni, Satu Nou, Văleni and Vladnic....
    
    
  • Pârgăreşti
    Pârgaresti
    Pârgăreşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bahna, Nicoreşti, Pârâu Boghii, Pârgăreşti and Satu Nou....
    
    

• • Pârjol
    Pârjol
    Pârjol is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Băhnăşeni, Bărneşti, Băsăşti, Câmpeni, Hăineala, Hemieni , Pârjol, Pustiana and Tărâţa. At the 2002 census, the commune's 6763 inhabitants were 93.8% Romanian, 5.1% Hungarian, and 1.1% Csango...
    
    
  • Plopana
    Plopana
    Plopana is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Budeşti, Dorneni, Fundu Tutovei, Iţcani, Plopana, Rusenii Răzeşti, Rusenii de Sus, Străminoasa and Ţâgâra....
    
    
  • Podu Turcului
    Podu Turcului
    Podu Turcului is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Bălăneşti, Căbeşti, Fichiteşti, Giurgioana, Hanţa, Lehancea, Plopu, Podu Turcului, Răcuşana and Sârbi....
    
    
  • Poduri
    Poduri
    Poduri is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bucşeşti, Cernu, Cornet, Negreni, Poduri, Prohozeşti and Valea Şoşii....
    
    
  • Prăjeşti
    Prăjeşti
    Prăjeşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Prăjeşti. It was part of Traian Commune until 2005, when it was split off....
    
    
  • Racova
    Racova
    Racova is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Gura Văii, Hălmăcioaia, Ilieşi and Racova.-External links:...
    
    
  • Răcăciuni
    Racaciuni
    Răcăciuni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Ciucani, Fundu Răcăciuni, Gheorghe Doja, Gâşteni, Răcăciuni and Răstoaca....
    
    
  • Răchitoasa
    Rachitoasa
    Răchitoasa is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of fifteen villages: Barcana, Bucşa, Buda, Burdusaci, Dănăila, Dumbrava, Farcaşa, Fundătura Răchitoasa, Hăghiac, Magazia, Moviliţa, Oprişeşti, Putini, Răchitoasa and Tochilea.-References:...
    
    
  • Roşiori
    Rosiori, Bacau
    Roşiori is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Misihăneşti, Neguşeni, Poieni, Roşiori, Valea Mare and Valea Mică....
    
    
  • Sascut
    Sascut
    Sascut is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bereşti, Conţeşti, Pănceşti, Sascut, Sascut-Sat, Schineni and Valea Nacului....
    
    
  • Sănduleni
    Sanduleni
    Sănduleni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bârzuleşti, Coman, Mateieşti, Sănduleni, Stufu, Tisa and Verşeşti....
    
    
  • Sărata
    Sarata, Bacau
    Sărata is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bălţata and Sărata. These were part of Nicolae Bălcescu Commune until 2004, when they were split off....
    
    
  • Săuceşti
    Saucesti
    Săuceşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bogdan Vodă, Săuceşti, Schineni, Şerbeşti and Siretu.-References:...
    
    
  • Scorţeni
    Scorteni, Bacau
    Scorţeni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bogdăneşti, Floreşti, Grigoreni, Scorţeni, Stejaru and Şerpeni....
    
    

• • Secuieni
    Secuieni, Bacau
    Secuieni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Berbinceni, Chiticeni, Fundeni, Glodişoarele, Secuieni, Valea Fânaţului and Văleni. Until 2005, it also included Băluşa, Ciutureşti, Odobeşti and Tisa-Silvestri villages, but these were split off that year to form...
    
    
  • Solonţ
    Solont
    Solonţ is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cucuieţi, Sărata and Solonţ....
    
    
  • Stănişeşti
    Stanisesti
    Stănişeşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Baloteşti, Belciuneasa, Beneşti, Crăieşti, Gorgheşti, Slobozia, Slobozia Nouă, Stănişeşti and Văleni....
    
    
  • Strugari
    Strugari, Bacau
    Strugari is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Cetăţuia, Iaz, Nadişa, Petricica, Răchitişu and Strugari....
    
    
  • Ştefan cel Mare
    Stefan cel Mare, Bacau
    Ştefan cel Mare is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bogdana, Gutinaş, Negoieşti, Rădeana, Ştefan cel Mare and Viişoara. It also included Buciumi and Răcăuţi villages until 2005, when they were split off to form Buciumi Commune....
    
    
  • Tamaşi
    Tamási
    Tamási is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. Spa and open-air bath of Tamási is one of the most beautiful spas of Hungary. The excellent natural environment, the health-providing quality of the water and the superb surrounding has made Tamási a well-known spa. The thermal water is 52 Celsius warm and...
    
    
  • Tătărăşti
    Tatarasti
    Tătărăşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Cornii de Jos, Cornii de Sus, Drăgeşti, Gherdana, Giurgeni, Tătărăşti and Ungureni.-References:...
    
    
  • Târgu Trotuş
    Târgu Trotus
    Târgu Trotuş is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Târgu Trotuş, Tuta and Viişoara ....
    
    
  • Traian
    Traian, Bacau
    Traian is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bogdăneşti, Hertioana de Jos, Hertioana-Răzeşi, Traian and Zăpodia. It also included Prăjeşti village until 2005, when it was split off to form a separate commune....
    
    
  • Ungureni
    Ungureni, Bacau
    Ungureni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Bărtăşeşti, Bibireşti, Bota, Boteşti, Gârla Anei, Ungureni, Viforeni and Zlătari....
    
    
  • Urecheşti
    Urechesti, Bacau
    Urecheşti is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cornăţel, Lunca Dochiei, Satu Nou, Slobozia and Urecheşti....
    
    
  • Valea Seacă
    Valea Seaca, Bacau
    Valea Seacă is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages: Cucova and Valea Seacă.-References:...
    
    
  • Vultureni
    Vultureni, Bacău
    Vultureni is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of sixteen villages: Bosia, Dădeşti, Dorneni, Ghilăveşti, Godineştii de Jos, Godineştii de Sus, Lichitişeni, Medeleni, Nazărioaia, Reprivăţ, Tomozia, Ţigăneşti, Valea Lupului, Valea Merilor, Valea Salciei and Vultureni....
    
    
  • Zemeş
    Zemes
    Zemeş is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bolătău and Zemeş....
    
    

Politics

Bacău became famous after electing Ilie Ilaşcu

Ilie Ilascu

Ilie Ilaşcu is a Moldovan-born Romanian politician, famous for being sentenced to death by the separatist Transnistrian government for alleged involvement in two murders and for actions which have been described as Moldovan state-sponsored terrorism by Transnistrian government officials.-Political...

 of the Greater Romania Party

Greater Romania Party

The Greater Romania Party is a Romanian radical right-wing, ultra-nationalist political party, led by Corneliu Vadim Tudor. The party is sometimes referred to in English as the Great Romania Party....

 as their Senator, while he was held in prison in Transnistria

Transnistria

Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

.