Pârjol is a commune in

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 there a ...

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. It is composed of nine villages: Băhnășeni, Bărnești, Băsăști, Câmpeni, Hăineala, Hemieni (established in 2003), Pârjol, Pustiana and Tărâța. At the 2011 census, the commune's 5404 inhabitants were 94.2%

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and 3.53% Hungarian. At the 2002 census, they were 64.2%

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, 35%

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, and 0.8% Old Calendar Orthodox.

Pustiana

The village of Pustiana () was first mentioned in 1792. It was established by Székely who fled from

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after the

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. In 2002, it had 1961 people, broken down as follows:2002 census data
Romanians (78.99%), Hungarians (17.24%), Csangos (4.89%).

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