Pârjol is a commune in BacÃÂu County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: BÃÂhnÃÂÃÂeni, BÃÂrneÃÂti, BÃÂsÃÂÃÂti, Câmpeni, HÃÂineala, Hemieni (established in 2003), Pârjol, Pustiana and TÃÂrâÃÂa. At the 2011 census, the commune's 5404 inhabitants were 94.2% Romanian and 3.53% Hungarian. At the 2002 census, they were 64.2% Romanian Orthodox, 35% Roman Catholic, and 0.8% Old Calendar Orthodox.
The village of Pustiana () was first mentioned in 1792. It was established by Székely who fled from Transylvania after the Siculicidium. In 2002, it had 1961 people, broken down as follows: Romanians (78.99%), Hungarians (17.24%), Csangos (4.89%).