Răcăciuni ( hu, Rekecsin) is a commune in

Bacău County Bacău County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania. Geography This county has a total area of . In the western part of the county ther ...

Western Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova), also called Western Moldavia or Romanian Moldavia, is the historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1859, the Pr ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Ciucani, Fundu Răcăciuni, Gheorghe Doja, Gâșteni, Răcăciuni and Răstoaca. The commune is located in the south-central part of the county, on the right back of the

Siret River The Siret or Sireth ( uk, Сірет or Серет, ro, Siret , hu, Szeret, russian: Сирет) is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania before it joins the Danube. ...

, next to the Răcăciuni dam and reservoir. The river Răcăciuni flows through the commune, reaching there the Siret. Răcăciuni is crossed by the DN2 road, which connects the county seat,

Bacău Bacău ( , , ; hu, Bákó; la, Bacovia) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. At the 2016 national estimation it had a population of 196,883, making it the List of cities and towns in Romania, 12th largest city in Romania. The city is ...

, to

Focșani Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Cur ...

and forms part of the

European route E85 European route E85 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe. The E 85 starts from Klaipėda ( Lithuania) runs south through Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria to Greece, ending at Alexandroup ...

. On the eastern side of the commune is the Răcăciuni railway station, serving the

Căile Ferate Române Line 500 Line 500 is one of Căile Ferate Române's main lines in Romania, having a total length of . The main line, connecting Bucharest with the Ukrainian border near Chernivtsi, passes through the important cities of Ploiești, Buzău, Focșani, Adjud ...

that runs from

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to Focșani, Bacău, and on north to the Ukrainian border. The A7 and A13 motorways, the latter which would serve as a connection between Western Moldavia and Southern Transylvania, are planned to meet on the south-eastern side of the commune. At the 2011 census, 91.12% of inhabitants were ethnic Romanians, 4.36%

Hungarians Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Ural ...

and 1.78%

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. At the 2002 census, 51.3% were

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

, 47.7%

Romanian Orthodox The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchate ...

, 0.6%

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and 0.4%

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

. During the interwar period, the commune was the seat of Plasa Răcăciuni.

References

Communes in Bacău County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Bacău-geo-stub