Dărmănești (; ) is a town in eastern

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, 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 ...

, in the valleys of the Trotuș and Uz rivers. The town is named after one of its leaders, "Dărman" and the earliest reference to the town is from the 16th century. As of 2021, it has a population of 13,069. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the

Romanian rural systematization program The Romanian rural systematization program was a Social engineering (political science), social engineering program undertaken by Nicolae Ceaușescu's Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania primarily at the end of the 1980s. The legal framework f ...

. The town administers five villages: Dărmăneasca, Lapoș, Păgubeni, Plopu, and Sălătruc. Dărmănești is located in the western part of Bacău County, on the border with

Harghita County Harghita County (, and , ) is a county () in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc. Demographics 2002 census In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a population density of ...

Natives

* Relu Fenechiu (born 1965), businessman and former politician * Anamaria Vartolomei (born 1999), actress

References

Populated places in Bacău County Localities in Western Moldavia Towns in Romania {{Bacău-geo-stub