Orbeni is a

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Bacău County Bacău County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania. Geography This county has a total area of . In the western part of the county the ...

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. It is composed of two villages, Orbeni and Scurta.

Geography

The commune is located in the south-central part of the county, south of the county seat,

Bacău Bacău ( , , ; hu, Bákó; la, Bacovia) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. At the 2016 national estimation it had a population of 196,883, making it the 12th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of ...

. It is situated in the Pietricica Ridge of the

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n Plateau, an area of hills covered with forests of beech, oak, maple, acacia, and more recently fir and spruce trees. The

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and its valley lie to the east. It neighbours four other communes: Parava to the north, Gura Văii to the west, Valea Seacă to the south, and Corbasca to the east. Orbeni is crossed by the DN2 road, which connects Bacău to

Focșani Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curv ...

and forms part of the

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. On the eastern side of the commune is the Orbeni railway station, serving the

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that runs from

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

to Focșani, Bacău, and on north toward the Ukraininan border.

History

Legend has it that a woman who was almost blind ("oarba" in Romanian), head of a large family from the settlement "Rădăciei's mouth" and "Dacian's head", took her family and migrated through the valley of a river towards the Ciortolom's peak. The Oarba family members have cut down the forests to build houses, for cattle breeding and for agriculture. The descendants of this woman took her name calling themselves the followers of Oarba, and residents of neighbouring villages called them Orbenari. The creek crossing the valley received the name of those who possessed it – Orbenarilor Creek.History
at the Orbeni town hall site

Notes

Communes in Bacău County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Bacău-geo-stub