Oituz

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Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Infobox Romanian subdivision Oituz (formerly Grozești; Template:Langx) is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, 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 three battles during the First World War: the First, Second, and the Third Battle of Oituz.

According to Iorgu Iordan, the commune's name is of Turkic origin; otuz or oltuz means "thirty" in some Turkic languages.[1][2][3]

Poiana Sărată village is part of Transylvania;[4] in Austria-Hungary, it belonged to Háromszék County, and after a reorganization to Trei Scaune County in Romania 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.

Natives

References

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  1. Iorgu Iordan; Toponimia romînească, Editura Academiei Republicii Populare Romîne, București, 1963, p. 280
  2. Vasile Frățilă, Studii de toponimie și dialectologie, p.39. Editura Excelsior Art, 2002, Template:ISBN
  3. Template:In lang Diana Boc-Sînmărghițan, "Toponimia văilor Bistra și Sebeș. Glosar (I)" Template:Webarchive, 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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Orthodox church in Poiana Sărată
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Inauguration of the Oituz World War I memorial, 19 September 1931

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