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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Neamț
|population_total   = auto
|map_caption        = Location in Neamț County
|name               = Tarcău
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = 
|image_skyline      = Tarcau - panoramio (1).jpg
|image_caption      = 
|image_map          = Tarcău in the Neamț County.svg
|leader_name        = Manole-Dănuț Fîrțală
|leader_party       = PNL
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates = {{coord|46|52|N|26|8|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 392
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 398.90
|population_as_of   = 
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 617445
|area_code          = 
|website            = {{url|https://tarcau.ro}}
}}
'''Tarcău''' is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Neamț County]], [[Western Moldavia]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of six villages: Ardeluța, Brateș, Cazaci, Schitu Tarcău, Straja, and Tarcău.

The commune is located in the southwestern part of the county, on the border with [[Bacău County]]. It is nestled in the foothills of the [[Tarcău Mountains]], a mountain range of the [[Divisions of the Carpathians|Eastern Carpathians]]. It lies on the banks of the [[Bistrița (Siret)|Bistrița River]]; the [[Tarcău (river)|Tarcău River]] discharges into the Bistrița in Tarcău village, while the [[Tărcuța]] flows into the Tarcău in Ardeluța village and the [[Bolovăniș (Tarcău)|Bolovăniș]] flows into the Tarcău in Schitu Tarcău village.

Tarcău commune is traversed by [[Roads in Romania|National Road]] {{ill|DN15|ro}}, which connects it to the town of [[Bicaz]], {{cvt|5|km}} to the west, and to the county seat, the city of [[Piatra Neamț]], {{cvt|24|km}} to the east. The Tarcău Neamț train station serves [[Căile Ferate Române|CFR]] [[Căile Ferate Române Line 500|Line 509]], which runs from [[Bacău]] to Piatra Neamț to Bicaz.

The {{ill|Sihăstria Tarcăului Monastery|ro|Mănăstirea Sihăstria Tarcăului}} is located în Schitu Tarcău village. The {{ill|Brateș fauna reserve|ro|Rezervația faunistică Brateș}} is also located on the administrative territory of the commune.

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[[File:Trapeza Mănăstirii Daniil Sihastrul Tărcuţa comuna Tarcău.JPG|thumb|left|Daniil Sihastrul Monastery]]
[[File:RO NT Cazaci (2).jpg|thumb|left|Cazaci village]]
[[File:Cascada Frasin comuna Tarcău.JPG|thumb|left|Cascade on the Frasin creek, on the left side of the [[Tarcău (river)|Tarcău River]] valley]]

{{Neamţ County}}

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