Podoleni is a commune in

Neamț County Neamț County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,766 ...

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. It is composed of two villages, Negritești and Podoleni.

Geography

The commune lays away from the

Piatra Neamț Piatra Neamț (; ; ) is the capital city of Neamț County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in northeastern Romania. Because of its very privileged location in the Divisions of the Carpathians, Eastern Carpathian mountains, it is con ...

municipality, which is the capital of the Neamț County. The commune is in area, the majority of which is dedicated to agricultural use. Only is designated for "town" use.

History

The village of Podoleni was founded on the bank of the

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river. The villages is first attested in 1479. The Buciulești Monastery was erected in 1630, and has since fallen in to ruin.

Demographics

The

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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

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(96.5%), the remaining population's ethnicity was unknown (3.43%). The majority of the inhabitants (96.4%) were

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, and 0.1% were

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. At the 2021 census, Podoleni had a population of 3,911, of which 88.06% were Romanians.

References

Communes in Neamț County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Neamţ-geo-stub