Bacău ( ;
,
; ; ) is the main city 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 ...
,
Romania
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. With a population of 136,087 (as of
2021 census), Bacău is the
14th largest city in Romania.
The city is situated in the historical region of
Moldavia
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, at the foothills of the
Carpathian Mountains
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, and on the
Bistrița River (which meets the
Siret River about to the south of Bacău). The
Ghimeș Pass links Bacău to the region of
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
.
Etymology
The town's name, which features in Old Church Slavonic documents as ''Bako'', ''Bakova'' or ''Bakovia'', comes most probably from a
personal name
A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek ''prósōpon'' – person, and ''onoma'' –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known. When taken together as a word-group, they all relate to that on ...
of Hungarian origin. Men bearing the name Bakó or Bako are documented in medieval
Transylvania
Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
[Rădvan 2010, p. 456.] and in 15th-century Bulgaria, but according to Victor Spinei the name itself is of
Turkicmost probably of
Cuman
The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Rus' chronicles, as " ...
or
Pechenegorigin.
Nicolae Iorga believes that the city's name is of Hungarian origin (as
Adjud and
Sascut). Another theory suggests that the town's name has a
Slavic origin, pointing to the
Proto-Slavic
Proto-Slavic (abbreviated PSl., PS.; also called Common Slavic or Common Slavonic) is the unattested, reconstructed proto-language of all Slavic languages. It represents Slavic speech approximately from the 2nd millennium BC through the 6th ...
word ''byk'', meaning "ox" or "bull", the region being very suitable for raising cattle; the term, rendered into
Romanian alphabet
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as ''bâc'', was probably the origin of ''Bâcău''.
[ Gh. Ghibănescu - Ispisoace și Zapise. vol.VI, partea a II-a, Tipografia „Dacia” Iliescu, Grossu & Comp., Iași, 1926, pag.177] In German it is known as ''Bakau'', in Hungarian as ''Bákó'' and in Turkish as ''Baka''.
History
Similarly to most
urban center
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* Urban center, human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment
* Urban Center Plaza, plaza on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, United States
* Urban Cen ...
s in Moldavia, Bacău emerged on a
ford that allowed water passage. There is archaeological evidence of human settlement in the centre of Bacău (near
Curtea Domnească) dating from the 6th and the 7th centuries; these settlements were placed over older settlements from the 4th and the 5th centuries. A number of vessels found here are ornamented with crosses, hinting that the inhabitants were
Christians
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...
.
Pechenegs
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and
Cumans
The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic people, Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cumania, Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Ru ...
controlled the Bistrița valley during the 10th, 11th and 12th centuries.
Colonists played a significant role in the development of the town. Archaeological finds, some surface or semi-buried dwellings from the second half of the 15th century, suggest that
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars, are an Ethnicity, ethnic group native to Hungary (), who share a common Culture of Hungary, culture, Hungarian language, language and History of Hungary, history. They also have a notable presence in former pa ...
started to settle in the region after 1345–1347 when the territory was under the control of the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
. They mainly occupied the flat banks of the river Bistrița. Discoveries of a type of 14th-century grey ceramic that has also been found in
Northern Europe
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also suggests the presence of
German colonists from the north. Originally the town focused around the
Roman Catholic
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community that settled near a regular local
market frequented by the population of the region on the lower reaches of the river.
The town was first mentioned in 1408 when Prince
Alexander the Good of Moldavia (1400–1432) listed the
customs points in the principality in his privilege for
Polish merchants. The customs house in the town is mentioned in
Old Church Slavonic
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as ''krainee mîto'' ("the customs house by the edge") in the document which may indicate that it was the last customs stop before Moldavia's border with
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...
.
An undated document reveals that the ''șoltuz'' in Bacău, that is the head of the town elected by its inhabitants, had the right to sentence felons to death, at least for robberies, which hints to an extended privilege, similar to the ones that royal towns in the Kingdom of Hungary enjoyed. Thus this right may have been granted to the community when the territory was under the control of the Kingdom of Hungary.
The
seal of Bacău was oval which is exceptional in Moldavia where the seals of other towns were round.
Alexander the Good donated the wax collected as part of the tax payable by the town to the nearby
Eastern Orthodox
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Bistrița Monastery. It was most probably his first wife named Margaret who founded the
Franciscan
The Franciscans are a group of related organizations in the Catholic Church, founded or inspired by the Italian saint Francis of Assisi. They include three independent Religious institute, religious orders for men (the Order of Friars Minor bei ...
Church of the Holy Virgin in Bacău.
But the main Catholic church in the town was dedicated to
Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Patara (Lycia), Patara in Anatolia (in modern-day Antalya ...
.
A letter written by John of Rya, the Catholic bishop of
Baia refers to Bacău as a ''civitas'' which implies the existence of a Catholic bishopric in the town at that time.
[Rădvan 2010, p. 455.] The letter also reveals that
Hussite
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immigrants who had undergone persecutions in
Bohemia
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,
Moravia
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The medieval and early ...
, or Hungary were settled in the town and granted privileges by Alexander the Good.
The monastery of Bistrița was also granted the income from the customs house of Bacău in 1439. In 1435
Stephen II of Moldavia (1433–1435, 1436–1447) requested the town's judges not to hinder the merchants of
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County.
According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...
, an important center of the
Transylvanian Saxons
The Transylvanian Saxons (; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjer Såksen'' or simply ''Soxen'', singularly ''Sox'' or ''Soax''; Transylvanian Landler dialect, Transylvanian Landler: ''Soxn'' or ''Soxisch''; ; seldom ''sa ...
in their movement.
From the 15th century ''ungureni'', that is
Romanians
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from Transylvania began to populate the area north of the marketplace where they would erect an Orthodox church after 1500.
A small residence of the princes of Moldova was built in the town in the first half of the 15th century.
[Rădvan 2010, p. 454.] It was rebuilt and extended under
Stephen III the Great of Moldavia (1457–1504) who also erected an Orthodox church within it.
But the rulers soon began to donate the neighboring villages that had thereto supplied their local household to monasteries or noblemen. Thus the local princely residence was abandoned after 1500.
[Rădvan 2010, p. 457.]
The town was invaded and destroyed more than one time in the 15th and 16th centuries.
For example, in 1467 King
Matthias I of Hungary during his expedition against Stephen the Great set fire to all towns, among them Bacău in his path. The customs records of
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County.
According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...
shows that few merchants from Bacău crossed the
Carpathian Mountains
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into Transylvania after 1500, and their merchandise had no particularly high value which suggests that the town was declining in this period.
The Catholic bishop of
Argeș whose see in Wallachia had been destroyed by the
Tatars
Tatars ( )[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...
moved to Bacău in 1597.
From the early 17th century the bishops of Bacău were Polish priests who did not reside in the town, but in the
Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland (; Latin: ''Regnum Poloniae'') was a monarchy in Central Europe during the Middle Ages, medieval period from 1025 until 1385.
Background
The West Slavs, West Slavic tribe of Polans (western), Polans who lived in what i ...
.
[Benda 2002, p. 36.] They only travelled time to time to their see in order to collect the
tithes.
According to Archbishop Marco Bandini's report of the
canonical visitation of 1646, the ''șoltuz'' in Bacău was elected among Hungarians one year, and another, among Romanians.
The names of most of 12 inhabitants of the town recorded in 1655 also indicate that Hungarians still formed their majority group.
In 1670 Archbishop Petrus Parceviop c, the
apostolic vicar
Apostolic may refer to:
The Apostles
An Apostle meaning one sent on a mission:
*The Twelve Apostles of Jesus, or something related to them, such as the Church of the Holy Apostles
*Apostolic succession, the doctrine connecting the Christian Churc ...
of Moldavia concluded an agreement with the head of the Franciscan Province of Transylvania on the return of the Bacău monastery to them in order to ensure the spiritual welfare of the local Hungarian community.
[Benda 2002, p. 17.] But the Polish bishop protested against the agreement and the
Holy See
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also refused to ratify it.
Due to the frequent invasions by foreign armies and plundering by the
Tatars
Tatars ( )[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary are a group of Turkic peoples across Eas ...
in the 17th century, many of its Catholic inhabitants abandoned Bacău and took refuge in Transylvania. But in 1851 the Catholic congregation in the town still spoke, sang, and prayed in
Hungarian.
The first
paper mill
A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt ...
in Moldavia was established in the town in 1851.
[Treptow, Popa 1996, p. 32.] The town was declared a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in 1968.
Climate
Bacău has a type of
continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in central and eastern parts of the three northern-tier continents (North America, Europe, and Asia), typi ...
that falls short of permanent winter snow cover due days averaging above freezing. Winters are also quite dry in the area. Summers are quite rainy due to
convection
Convection is single or Multiphase flow, multiphase fluid flow that occurs Spontaneous process, spontaneously through the combined effects of material property heterogeneity and body forces on a fluid, most commonly density and gravity (see buoy ...
and temperatures are often hot due to its inland location. Due to its mid-latitude location surrounded by a vast landmass, Bacău has a large temperature amplitude by European standards. Since 1980, a record heat of and a record cold of have been measured, which is a net difference of .
Politics
The local authority in the city is split between the Mayor and the Local Council. Between 1950 and 1968 the city was governed by the Sfatul popular (People's Council). It replaced the local Provisional Committee (), which functioned from 1948 to 1950, based on the Law of the People's Councils, no. 17/1949.
Demographics
As of
2021 census data, Bacău has a population of 136,087,
a decrease from the figure recorded at the 2011 census.
At the
2011 census, Bacău had a population of 144,307, a decrease from the figure recorded at the 2002 census.
The ethnic makeup was as follows:
*
Romanians
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: 97.93%
*
Roma: 0.92%
*
Hungarians
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: 0.09%
*
Jews
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: 0.03%
* Other: 0.34%
The
Bacău metropolitan area, a project for the creation of an administrative unit to integrate Bacău with the nearby communes, would have a population of some 190,000.
Transportation
The city is about North of
Bucharest
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. It is served by
George Enescu International Airport, located at , which provides direct links with the Romanian capital,
Bucharest
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, and with several cities in Europe. Bacău air traffic control centre is one of Europe's busiest, as it handles transiting flights between the Middle and Near East and South Asia to Europe and across the Atlantic.

The
Bacău railway station (''Gara Bacău'') is one of the busiest in Romania; it has access to the
Romanian railway main trunk number 500. Thus the city is connected to the main Romanian cities; the railway station is an important transit stop for international trains from
Ukraine
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,
Russia
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, and
Bulgaria
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.
The city has access to the
DN2 road (
E85) that links it to the Romanian capital, Bucharest (to the South) and the cities of
Suceava
Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban ...
and
Iași (to the North). The
European route E574/
DN11 is an important access road to Transylvania and the city of
Brașov
Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County.
According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...
. The city is also located at the intersection of several
national roads of secondary importance, and will be served in the future by the
A7 motorway running from the border with
Ukraine
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at
Siret to
Ploiești
Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest.
The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Ble ...
(junction with
A3). As of 2020, this motorway intersects with the Bacău bypass (''Centura Bacău'').
Culture
Bacău has a public university and several colleges. Two major Romanian poets,
George Bacovia and
Vasile Alecsandri were born here. The "
Mihail Jora" Athenaeum and a Philharmonic Orchestra are located here, as well as the "G. Bacovia" Dramatic Theater and a Puppet Theater. Around Christmas every year, a Festival of Moldavian Winter Traditions takes place, reuniting folk artists from all the surrounding regions. The exhibition "
Saloanele Moldovei" and the International Painting Camp at
Tescani, near Bacău, reunite important plastic artists from Romania and from abroad.
The local History Museum, part of the Museum Complex "
Iulian Antonescu" has an important collection of antique objects from ancient
Dacia
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. The city also has an astronomical observatory, The
Victor Anestin Astronomical Observatory.
Jewish community
The 1772-1774 Census registered 5 Jewish families, the 1820 Census registered 108 families. The 1852 Census registered 504 Jewish inhabitants. The 1930 Census registered 9424 Jewish inhabitants. The first mentions about Jewish inhabitants are from the beginning of the 18th century. The Register of Chevra Kadisha begins with the year 1774. The first leader of the Community is mentioned in 1794. The community was officially recognized in 1857.
Before
World War I
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, the number of Jews was almost equal to that of Romanians in Bacău. According to the 1930 census, after some of the village population was in town, Bacău had 19,421 who have declared are Romanian, 9,424 declared Jews, 822 Hungarians and 406 German.
The first synagogue would be built in Bacău in 1820. In 1841 Jews who observe the
Chabad Hasidic movement built another Sinagoga. In 1864 there were 14 functioning synagogues in Bacău. Among the most notable being Synagogue Burah Volf, Furriers Synagogue, Synagogue Alter Ionas and tanners. "In 1880, in Bacău we had 21 synagogues and prayer houses. In 1916 we were active following synagogues Froim Aizic, Alter Leib, Itzik Leib Brill, Lipscani, the Tailors Young, coachmen, Shoemakers Synagogue, Cerealista, masonry, Rabbi Israel Synagogue, "Brotherhood of Zion" Snap Synagogue Saima Cofler itself and Der Mariesches SIL.
After World War I, some synagogues were closed and others were razed. Some carried the names of rabbis deceased or people in life who had influence on the community: synagogue Wisman, synagogue Gaon Bețael Safran, synagogue Rabbi Blane, synagogue David Herșcovici, synagogue Filderman, the synagogue rabbi Wahramn, and synagogue Rabbi Lan.
In December 2015, the new headquarters of the Jewish community was opened at 2 Erou Costel Marius Hasan St.
FOTO Evreii din Bacău și-au inaugurat noul sediu, în prezența Marelui Rabin Rafael Shaffer și a deputatului Aurel Vainer, președintele FCER
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International relations
Twin towns/Sister cities
Bacău is twinned with:
* Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva (, ), also spelt Petah Tiqwa and known informally as Em HaMoshavot (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of the Old Y ...
, Israel
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.
* Turin
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, Italy
* Mandaue, Philippines
* Caxias do Sul, Brazil ''(since 2017, after relationships between its citizens have developed exponentially'')
Sports
Athletics
* SCM Bacău
* CS Știința Bacău
* CSȘ Bacău
Badminton
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* CS Știința Bacău
* CSȘ Bacău
Basketball
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* CSȘ Bacău
Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
* SCM Bacău
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...
* Bridge Club Bacău
Football
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* FCM Bacău
* CS Aerostar Bacău
* CS FC Pambac Bacău
* FC Willy Bacău
* AS Clipa VIO Bacău
* Siretul Bacău
* LPS Bacău
* FC Bacău
* CSM Bacău
Gymnastics
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* SCM Bacău
* CS Știința Bacău
Team Handball
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* C.S. Știința Municipal Dedeman Bacău
* CS Știința Bacău
* CSȘ Bacău
* CSM Bacău
Judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
* SCM Bacău
* Judo Club Royal Bacău
Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...
* SCM Bacău
* CS Știința Bacău
* CS Seishin Karate-Do Bacău
* Siretul Bacău
* Sfinx Club Karate-Do Bacau
Fights
* SCM Bacău
Modelism
* SCM Bacău
* CS Aerostar Bacău
Swimming
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* SCM Bacău (înot, sărituri în apă)
* LPS Bacău (înot)
Tennis
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* SCM Bacău
* ASTC Bistrița Bacău
* CSȘ Bacău
People
* Aaron Aaronsohn, agronomist, botanist, and Zionist activist
* Vasile Alecsandri, poet
* Angela Alupei, rower
* , sculptor
* Constantin Avram, academician
* Radu Beligan, actor, poet, essayist
* George Bacovia, poet
* , painter
* Julius Borcea, mathematician
* Andrei Burcă, footballer
* Constantin Cândea, chemist
* Vlad Chiricheș
Vlad Iulian Chiricheș (; born 14 November 1989) is a Romanian professional association football, footballer who plays for Liga I club FCSB and the Romania national football team, Romania national team. Primarily a Defender (association football) ...
, footballer
* , writer and activist
* , composer and conductor
* , violinist
* , painter
* Gabriela Firea, journalist and politician, mayor of Bucharest
* , poet
* Paul Grigoriu, journalist
* Nicolae Gropeanu, painter
* Iulius Iancu, Jewish poet and writer
* David Korner, communist militant, syndicalist, and journalist
* Radu Lecca, double spy, journalist, fascist, antisemite, declared a war criminal by the communists
* Narcisa Lecușanu
Narcisa Georgeta Lecuşanu (née Paunica; born 14 September 1976 in Bacău, Socialist Republic of Romania) is a retired Romanian handballer who played for the Romania women's national handball team, Romanian national team. She received a silver ...
, handball player
* Solomon Marcus, mathematician
* Ioan Măric, artist
* Agnès Matoko, model
* Dumitru Mazilu, politician
* Doina Melinte, athlete, Olympic gold medalist
* Mihaela Melinte, athlete
* Marius Mircu, journalist and memoirist
* , humorist and TV host
* Costel Pantilimon, footballer
* Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Marxist intellectual and politician
* Vasile Pârvan, istoric, archaeologist, and academician
* Gabriela Potorac, gymnast
* , communist politician
* Monica Roșu, gymnast
* Mirela Rusu, double world champion in aerobic gymnastics
* Alexandru Șafran, Rabbi and senator
* Doru Sechelariu, racing driver
* Gianina Șerban, politician
* , theater and film actress, university professor
* Răzvan Petru Umbrărescu, racing driver
* Anamaria Vartolomei, actress
* Nicolae Vermont, painter
* Max Yankowitz, accordionist
Gallery
File:Bâcau, Romania. Monumentul Mircea Cancicov, March 2001.jpg, Mircea Cancicov memorial
File:Winter festival in Bacău, Romania.jpg, Winter Festival
File:DetaliuPrecista.jpg, "Precista", detail
File:9th_of_May_street,_Bacău.jpg, " 9th of May" Street
See also
* Bacău metropolitan area
References
Sources
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* Mărtinaș, Dumitru (1999). ''The Origins of the Changos''. The Center for Romanian Studies. .
* Pozsony, Ferenc (2002). ''Church Life in Moldavian Hungarian Communities''. ''In:'' Diószegi, László (2002); ''Hungarian Csángós in Moldavia: Essays on the Past and Present of the Hungarian Csángós in Moldavia''; Teleki László Foundation - Pro Minoritate Foundation; .
* Rădvan, Laurențiu (2010). ''At Europe's Borders: Medieval Towns in the Romanian Principalities''. BRILL. .
* Spinei, Victor (2009). ''The Romanians and the Turkic Nomads North of the Danube Delta from the Tenth to the Mid-Thirteenth century''. Koninklijke Brill NV. .
* Treptow, Kurt W.; Popa, Marcel (1996). ''Historical Dictionary of Romania''. The Scarecrow Press. .
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Capitals of Romanian counties
Localities in Western Moldavia
Populated places in Bacău County