| Hîrjău | |
| Other Name: | Ержово (Russian) Єржово (Ukrainian) |
| Settlement Type: | Commune |
| Pushpin Map: | Moldova |
| Subdivision Type: | Country (de jure) |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country (de facto) |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Coordinates: | 47.8036°N 29.0067°W |
| Elevation M: | 31 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Hîrjău (Russian: Ержо́во|Yerzhóvo, Ukrainian: Єржово|Yerzhovo, Polish: Erżewa) is a commune in the Rîbnița District of Pridnestrovie, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Hîrjău, Mihailovca Nouă (Нова Михайлівка, Новая Михайловка) and Sărăței (Сарацея).[1] It has since 1990 been administered as a part of the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
Erżewa or Erżów (alike Saraceja), as it was known in Polish,[2] was a private village of the Lubomirski family, administratively located in the Bracław County in the Bracław Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Kingdom of Poland.[3] Following the Second Partition of Poland, it was annexed by Russia. In the late 19th century, it had a population of 684.[2]
In 1924, it became part of the Moldavian Autonomous Oblast, which was soon converted into the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1940 during World War II. From 1941 to 1944, it was administered by Romania as part of the Transnistria Governorate.
According to the 2004 census, the population of the village was 3,219 inhabitants, of which 561 (17.42%) were Moldovans (Romanians), 2,172 (67.47%) Ukrainians and 422 (13.1%) Russians.[4]