Luizi-Călugăra () 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 ...

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. It is composed of two villages, Luizi-Călugăra and Osebiți.

History and demographics

Luizi-Călugăra was established in the 18th century by Hungarian Catholic settlers. During the 20th century, Romanianisation linguistically assimilated the Hungarian population. At the 2002 census, 99.7% of inhabitants declared themselves as ethnic Romanians, 0.2% as Csangos and 0.1% as

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. 98.6% were

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, 1.1%

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and 0.2%

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Historical population

*1898 - 1878 (1802 Hungarians) - G. I. Lahovari: ''Marele Dictionar Geografic al Romaniei'' *1930 - 1879 (1800 Hungarians)- Romanian census *2002 - 4590 (5 Hungarians)- Romanian census

Natives

* Elena Horvat, Olympic rower

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luizi-Calugara Communes in Bacău County Localities in Western Moldavia