Buciumi 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 ...
,
Western Moldavia
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of two villages, Buciumi and Răcăuți. The villages were part of
Ștefan cel Mare
Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great (; ; died 2 July 1504), was Voivode (or Prince) of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and co-ruler with Bogdan II, who was murdered in 1451 in a conspiracy organized by his brother an ...
Commune until 2005, when they were split off.
At the
2011 census, the commune had 2,984 inhabitants, of which 75.6% were
Romanians
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and 24.4%
Roma
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People, characters, figures, names
* Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas.
* Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun
* Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...
. At the
2021 census, Buciumi had a population of 3,265; of those, 74.79% were Romanians and 21.5% Roma.
References
External links
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Communes in Bacău County
Localities in Western Moldavia
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