Podu Turcului

Template:Infobox Romanian subdivision Podu Turcului is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Bălănești, Căbești, Fichitești, Giurgioana, Hanța, Lehancea, Plopu, Podu Turcului, Răcușana, and Sârbi.

The commune is situated on the Bârlad Plateau, at an altitude of Template:Cvt, on the banks of the rivers Zeletin, Pereschiv, and Pereschivul Mic. It is located in the southeastern extremity of the county, about Template:Cvt from the county seat, Bacău, on the border with Vrancea and Vaslui counties. Podu Turcului is crossed by national road Template:Ill, which connects it to Bârlad, Template:Cvt to the east and to Onești, Template:Cvt to the west.

During the interwar period, the commune was the seat of plasa Podu Turcului, in Tecuci County.

Natives

• Vasile Măstăcan (born 1968), rower
• Vasile Năstase (born 1962), rower
• Crina Pintea (born 1990), female handball player
• Lucian Vasilache (born 1954), male handball player