Oituz

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Oituz
Commune
Oituz is located in Romania
Oituz
Oituz
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Country  Romania
County Bacău County
Population (2002)[1] 9,687
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Oituz (formerly Grozeşti; Hungarian: Gorzafalva or Ojtoz) is a commune in Bacău County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Călcâi (Zöldlonka), Ferestrău-Oituz (Fűrészfalva), Hârja (Herzsa), Marginea, Oituz and Poiana Sărată (Sósmező).

Oituz was the site of two battles during the First World War: the First and Second Battle of Oituz.

According to Iorgu Iordan, the commune's name is of Turkic origin; otuz or oltuz means "thirty" in Turkish.[2][3]

Poiana Sărată village is part of Transylvania;[4] in Austria-Hungary, it belonged to Háromszék County, and was then in Trei Scaune County until 1950.

Demographics

At the 2002 census, 99.8% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians and 0.2% Hungarians. 49.2% were Romanian Orthodox, 48.9% Roman Catholic and 1.8% Seventh-day Adventist.

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References

  1. Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
  2. Vasile Frățilă, Studii de toponimie și dialectologie, p.39. Editura Excelsior Art, 2002, ISBN 9735920603
  3. (Romanian) Diana Boc-Sînmărghițan, "Toponimia văilor Bistra şi Sebeş. Glosar (I)", p.16, in Analele Universității de Vest din Timișoara, Seria Științe Filologice, XLV, 2007
  4. Memoriile Secțiilor Științifice, Romanian Academy, series IV, vol. XXVII, p.171.

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