Oituz

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).

For other uses, see Oituz (disambiguation).
Oituz
Commune
Location in Bacău County
Oituz
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°12′N 26°37′E
Country Romania
CountyBacău
Population
 (2011)[1]
8,152
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.BC

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 Turkish.[2][3]

Poiana Sărată village is part of Transylvania;[4] in Austria-Hungary, it belonged to Háromszék County, and after a reorganiztaion 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.

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References
  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. Vasile Frățilă, Studii de toponimie și dialectologie, p.39. Editura Excelsior Art, 2002, ISBN 9735920603
  3. (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
  4. Memoriile Secțiilor Științifice, Romanian Academy, series IV, vol. XXVII, p.171.
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