RÃÂchitoasa is a commune in BacÃÂu County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of fifteen villages: Barcana, BucÃÂa, Buda, Burdusaci, DÃÂnÃÂila, Dumbrava, FarcaÃÂa, FundÃÂtura RÃÂchitoasa, HÃÂghiac, Magazia, MoviliÃÂa, OpriÃÂeÃÂti, Putini, RÃÂchitoasa, and Tochilea.
The commune is situated on the Moldavian Plateau, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Zeletin. It is located in the eastern part of BacÃÂu County, southeast of the county seat, BacÃÂu, on the border with Vaslui County. RÃÂchitoasa is crossed by county road DJ241, which leads in the north to ColoneÃÂti and Izvoru Berheciului and in the south to MotoÃÂeni, GlÃÂvÃÂneÃÂti, and Podu Turcului.
At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 4,156; of those, 89,82% were Romanians.
The commune is home to the RÃÂchitoasa Monastery, one of the largest in Moldavia. Built in 1697 and then used by Greek monks, the monastery was transformed during the rule of Alexandru Ioan Cuza into a leper house, and later into a nursing home. It regained its religious status in 1993, and was rehabilitated with EU funds in 2014.