Bacau County

Location of Bacau County in Romania

Map of Bacau County

Coat of arms of the Bacau County

Coat of arms of the Bacau district, at the time of real socialism

Coat of arms of the Bacau County, in the interwar period

Bacău [ baˈkəu̯ ] ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ) is a Romanian district (Județ) in the Moldova region with the county seat of Bacău . The license plate number and the common abbreviation for the circle is BC.

The county Bacau bordered to the north of the county Neamt , in the east to the Vaslui county , in the south of the county of Vrancea , and in the west to the counties of Covasna and Harghita .

Demographics

In 2002 it had 708,751 inhabitants and a population density of 107 inhabitants per km².

In 2011, Bacau County had 616,168 inhabitants and a population density of 93 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of 6621 km², which corresponds to 2.78% of the area of Romania.

cities and communes

Status of the localities

Bacau County officially consists of 510 localities. 8 of them have the status of a city, 85 that of a municipality and the remainder are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality	Residents
Bacau ( Hungarian Bákó )	144.307
Onești (ung. Ónfalva )	039,172
Moinești (Hungarian Mojnest )	021,787
Comănești (Hungarian Kománfalva )	019,568
Buhuși (Hungarian Buhus )	014,562
Dărmăneşti (Hungarian Dormánfalva )	012,247
Târgu Ocna (Hungarian Aknavásár )	011,300
Dofteana (Hungarian Doftána )	009,346
Sascut (Hungarian Szászkút )	008,564
Mărgineni	007,993
Balcani	007.173
Nicolae Bălcescu	007.169
Slănic-Moldova (Hungarian Szlanikfürdő )	004,198
(As of October 20, 2011)

Web links

Commons : Bacău County - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[vz2011-1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)