Dochia 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 ...

Western Moldavia Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the P ...

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. It is composed of two villages, Bălușești and Dochia. These were part of Bahna Commune from 1864 to 1880, an independent commune from 1880 to 1968, part of

Girov Girov is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Boțești, Căciulești, Dănești, Doina, Girov, Gura Văii, Popești, Turturești and Verșești. It also included Bălușești and Dochia villages ...

Commune from 1968 to 2003, and independent again since that year. The commune is located in the central part of Neamț County, east of the county seat,

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 ...

. La Its neighbors are

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 to the north, the city of Roznov to the south, Mărgineni commune to the east, and

Săvinești Săvinești is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dumbrava-Deal and Săvinești. The commune is situated at south of Piatra Neamț on road and it is regarded as one of Piatra Neamț's satellit ...

commune to the west.

Natives

* Elena Avram (born 1954), rower

References

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