Oituz

For the village in Constanţa County, see Lumina, Constanţa. For the village in Covasna County, see Breţcu.
Oituz
Commune
Oituz
Coordinates: 46°12′N 26°37′E / 46.200°N 26.617°E
Country  Romania
County Bacău County
Population (2002)[1] 9,687
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Oituz (formerly Grozeşti; Hungarian: Gorzafalva or Ojtoz) is a commune in Bacău County, 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 two battles during the First World War: the First and Second Battle of Oituz.

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

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.

Coordinates: 46°12′N 26°37′E / 46.200°N 26.617°E

References

  1. ↑ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
  2. ↑ Vasile Frățilă, Studii de toponimie și dialectologie, p.39. Editura Excelsior Art, 2002, ISBN 9735920603
  3. ↑ (Romanian) Diana Boc-Sînmărghițan, "Toponimia văilor Bistra şi Sebeş. Glosar (I)", p.16, in Analele Universității de Vest din Timișoara, Seria Științe Filologice, XLV, 2007