Mărgineni, Bacău
Mărgineni is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Barați, Luncani, Mărgineni, Pădureni, Podiș, Poiana, Trebeș, and Valea Budului.
At the 2002 census, the commune had 8,132 inhabitants, 99.8% of which were ethnic Romanians; 57.5% were Roman Catholic and 41.9% Romanian Orthodox. At the 2011 census, the population had decreased to 7,993, while at the 2021 census, it had increased to 9,594.
Natives
- Constantin Cândea, chemist, Rector of the Polytechnic University of Timișoara
- Ioan Măric, painter
- Alexandru Piru, literary critic and historian