Filipești 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 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 eight villages: Boanța, Cârligi, Cornești, Cotu Grosului, Filipești, Galbeni, Hârlești and Onișcani.

Famous landmarks

* In the village of Cârligi lies the Zarifopol mansion built in 1850 by Ștefan Catargiu which is rumored to be haunted ever since one of its owners committed suicide inside the building. The locals refer to it as "Casa Diavolului" ("House of the Devil").

Natives

* Radu Beligan

References

Communes in Bacău County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Bacău-geo-stub