Târgu Trotuș () 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 three villages: Târgu Trotuș, Tuta (''Diószeg''), and Viișoara (''Viszóra''). At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 5,330, an increase from the 2011 census, when the population was 4,969. At the 2002 census, 99.9% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians; 63.3% were

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and 36.5%

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Natives

* Jeremiah of Wallachia (1556–1625), Capuchin lay brother

References

External links

History of Târgu Trotuș
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Târgu Trotuș Townhall
Communes in Bacău County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Bacău-geo-stub