Bacău County

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⁵used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Website: County Board
County Prefecture

Bacău (IPA: [ba.'kəu]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău.

1 Demographics
2 Geography
- 2.1 Neighbours
3 Economy
4 Tourism
5 People
6 Administrative divisions
7 Politics
8 References
9 External links

Demographics

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

The ethnic breakdown was as follows:^[1]

Romanians - over 90%
Hungarians/Csángós - 0.7%
Romas.

According to the 2002 census the Csángó (Romanian: Ceangăi) Hungarians number 5,100 people (0.7%). Some estimates put the total number of Csángós at around 70,000.^[2]

Year	County population^[3]
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 group. Here, along the valleys of the Oituz River and Trotuş River there are two important links between Moldavia and Transylvania. To the East side, the heights decrease and the lowest point can be found on the Siret River 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

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Vaslui County in the East.
Harghita County and Covasna County in the West.
Neamţ County in the North.
Vrancea County 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 and Dărmăneşti. 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 and salt. Also coal is exploited.

Tourism

The main tourist destinations in the county are:

People

Administrative divisions

The county has 3 municipalities, 5 towns and 80 communes.

Municipalities

Towns

Communes

Politics

Bacău became famous after electing Ilie Ilaşcu of the Greater Romania Party as their Senator, while he was held in prison in Transnistria.

References

^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"
^ 1987 estimate published in: Tennant, Chris (transl.) (1994) The Hungarian minority’s situation in Ceauşescu's Romania. Boulder: Social Science Monographs. p. 33.
^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"