Oituz
Commune
Catholic church in Oituz
Catholic church in Oituz
Location in Bacău County
Location in Bacău County
Oituz is located in Romania
Oituz
Oituz
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°12′N 26°37′E / 46.200°N 26.617°E / 46.200; 26.617
CountryRomania
CountyBacău
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Claudiu Petrișor[1] (PNL)
Area
202.23 km2 (78.08 sq mi)
Elevation
279 m (915 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
8,701
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.BC
Websiteprimariaoituz.ro

Oituz (formerly Grozești; Hungarian: Gorzafalva) is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Călcâi (Zöldlonka), Ferestrău-Oituz (Fűrészfalva), Hârja (Herzsa), Marginea, Oituz and Poiana Sărată (Sósmező).

Oituz was the site of three battles during the First World War: the First, Second, and the Third Battle of Oituz.

According to Iorgu Iordan, the commune's name is of Turkic origin; otuz or oltuz means "thirty" in some Turkic languages.[3][4][5]

Poiana Sărată village is part of Transylvania;[6] in Austria-Hungary, it belonged to Háromszék County, and after a reorganization to Trei Scaune County in Romania until 1950.

Demographics

At the 2002 census, 99.8% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians and 0.2% Hungarians. 49.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 48.9% Roman Catholic and 1.8% Seventh-day Adventist.

Natives

References

  1. ↑ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ↑ Iorgu Iordan; Toponimia romînească, Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, București, 1963, p. 280
  4. ↑ Vasile Frățilă, Studii de toponimie și dialectologie, p.39. Editura Excelsior Art, 2002, ISBN 9735920603
  5. ↑ (in Romanian) Diana Boc-Sînmărghițan, "Toponimia văilor Bistra și Sebeș. Glosar (I)" Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, p.16, in Analele Universității de Vest din Timișoara, Seria Științe Filologice, XLV, 2007
  6. ↑ Memoriile Secțiilor Științifice, Romanian Academy, series IV, vol. XXVII, p.171.
Orthodox church in Poiana Sărată
Inauguration of the Oituz World War I memorial, 19 September 1931


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