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{{about||the village in Galați County|Barcea|Podolenii de Jos and Podolenii de Sus villages|Cozmești, Iași}}
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Neamț
|name               = Podoleni
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = 
|image_skyline      = La Ruine - Bociulesti - Vedere laterala.jpg
|image_caption      = The ruins of Buciulești Monastery
|image_map          = Podoleni in the Neamț County.svg
|map_caption        = Location in Neamț County
|leader_name        = Bogdan Buhușanu<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comunapodoleni.ro/index.php/primar/|title=Primar|language=ro|publisher=Podoleni town hall|website=comunapodoleni.ro|access-date=November 23, 2024}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|leader_term        = 2024&ndash;2028
|coordinates        = {{coord|46|47|N|26|37|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 246
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 32.02
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 617335
|area_code          = +(40) 233
|website            = {{URL|https://comunapodoleni.ro/}}
}}
'''Podoleni''' is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Neamț County]], [[Western Moldavia]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of two villages, Negritești and Podoleni.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rezultate 2011 – Institutul Național de Statistică| url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rpl-2011/rezultate-2011/|access-date=2022-01-02|language=ro-RO}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Prezentare locală – Comuna Podoleni|url=https://comunapodoleni.ro/index.php/prezentare-locala/|access-date=2022-01-02|language=ro-RO}}</ref>

== Geography ==
The commune lays {{cvt|25.6|km}} away from the [[Piatra Neamț]] municipality, which is the capital of the Neamț County. The commune is {{cvt|4017|ha}} in area, the majority of which is dedicated to agricultural use. Only {{cvt|885|ha}} is designated for "town" use.<ref name=":0" />

== History ==
The village of Podoleni was founded on the bank of the [[Bistrița (Siret)|Bistrița]] river. The villages is first attested in 1479. The Buciulești Monastery was erected in 1630, and has since fallen in to ruin.<ref name=":0" /> 

== Demographics ==
The [[2011 Romanian census]] put the population of Podoleni at 4,196, a decrease from the 2002 census, which recorded the population at 5,628. The majority of the population were ethnically [[Romanians|Romanian]] (96.5%), the remaining population's ethnicity was unknown (3.43%).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011|title=Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sR_TAB_8.xls|website=www.recensamantromania.ro}}</ref> The majority of the inhabitants (96.4%) were [[Romanian Orthodox Church|Romanian Orthodox]], and 0.1% were [[Catholic Church in Romania|Catholic]].<ref name="Recensământul populației din 2011">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sR_TAB_13.xls|title=Tab13. Populația stabilă după religie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune|date=2011|publisher=Recensământul}}</ref>

At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], Podoleni had a population of 3,911, of which 88.06% were Romanians.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref> 

==References==
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{{Gallery
|File:PodoleniChurch.JPG|Church in Podoleni
}}

{{Neamţ County}}

[[Category:Communes in Neamț County]]
[[Category:Localities in Western Moldavia]]


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