It is composed of four villages: Crivina de Sus, Fărășești, Pietroasa (commune seat) and Poieni.

[5] After the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718), when Banat came under Habsburg rule, Pietroasa was part, at first, of Facsád District, being mentioned as Petrossa.

Poieni is located 10 km (6.2 mi) from Pietroasa and is first mentioned in 1514–1516 under the name of Pleyen,[4] when it was owned by George of Brandenburg-Ansbach and had seven serfs.

The agricultural lands located on high hills are still worked with animals (horses and oxen), the vegetal production being small but ecological.

In the villages of Crivina de Sus and Poieni, water mills are still used for grinding wheat and corn.