Săbăoani () is a commune in

Neamț County Neamț County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,766 ...

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. It is composed of two villages, Săbăoani and Traian. In 2002, the commune had a population of 10,301, of whom all but four were declared ethnic Romanians. 98.6% of residents were

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, 1.3%

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, and 0.1% belonged to other Christian denominations. Situated in the eastern part of the county, on the border with

Iași County Iași County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a cou ...

, Săbăoani is the largest rural settlement in Neamț County. It is located at a distance of north of

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and east of the county capital,

Piatra Neamț Piatra Neamț (; ; ) is the capital city of Neamț County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in northeastern Romania. Because of its very privileged location in the Divisions of the Carpathians, Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is con ...

. The commune is traversed south to north by

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DN2 (part of

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). Route DN28 starts in Săbăoani; bifurcating from DN2, it goes east towards

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and on to the border with

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. The Săbăoani train station serves the CFR Line 500, which starts in

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and runs north, to the border with

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Natives

Aurel Percă Aurel Percă (born August 15, 1951) is a Romanian prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest, Archbishop of Bucharest on 21 November 2019. He served as auxiliary bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași, ...

(born 1951), prelate of the Catholic Church, Archbishop of Bucharest since 2019 *

Mihai Robu Mihai Robu (10 April 1884 – 27 September 1944) was a Romanian cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași. Born in Săbăoani, Neamț County, He entered the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Iași in 1894, being ordained deacon ...

(1884 – 1944), cleric, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iași *

Valentin Robu Valentin Robu (born 17 January 1967) is a retired Romanian rower. He competed in coxed four A coxed four, abbreviated as a 4+, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat wit ...

(born 1967), rower

References

Communes in Neamț County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Neamţ-geo-stub