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Also known as Aszó

Asău is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Apa Asău, Asău, Ciobănuș, Lunca Asău, Păltiniș, and Straja.

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
commune
Romanian subdivision.county
Bacău
Romanian subdivision.name
Asău
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
Lacul Osoi.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_caption
Osoi Lake
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Asau jud Bacau.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Bacău County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Emilian Budacă
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PSD
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2020–2024
Romanian subdivision.elevation
418
Romanian subdivision.area_total
307.45
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
607315
Romanian subdivision.area_code
(+40) 02 34

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Asău is a commune in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Apa Asău, Asău, Ciobănuș, Lunca Asău, Păltiniș, and Straja.

==Location== The commune is located in the north-west of Bacău County, west of the county seat, Bacău. It is situated in a mountainous area on the border with Neamț County and covers a large part of the valley of the Asău River. The inhabited localities are concentrated in the lower reaches of this river, in the area of its confluence with the Trotuș, with the town of Comănești located southeast and downstream of the Asău commune.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asău” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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