Banca is a commune

Communes of Romania

A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county .There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune...

 in Vaslui County

Vaslui County

Vaslui is a county of Romania, in the historical region Moldavia, with the seat at Vaslui.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 455,049 and the population density was 86/km².*Romanians - over 98%*Romas, other-Geography:...

, Romania

Romania

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. It is composed of twelve villages: Banca, Gara Banca (the commune centre), Ghermăneşti, Micleşti, Mitoc, Satu Nou (depopulated as of 2002), Sălcioara, Sârbi, Stoişeşti, Strâmtura-Mitoc, Ţifu and 1 Decembrie (30 Decembrie during the Communist era

Communist Romania

Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...

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The commune was formed in 1968 by merging the communes of Banca, Sârbi and Stoişeşti.