Bacău County

Bacău is a county of Romania, in Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeş-Făget, in Transylvania. In October 31, 2011, it had a population of 583,588 and the population density was 88/km². The ethnic breakdown was as follows: According to the 2001 census the Csángó Hungarians number 4,373 people . Some estimates put the total number of Csángós at around 70,000. 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. 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.
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