Briceni () is a city in northern
Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...
. It is the seat of
Briceni District
Briceni () is a district () in the north-west of Moldova, with the administrative center at Briceni. The other major city is Lipcani. As of January 1, 2011, its population was 75,300.
History
The first documentary attestation dates back to distri ...
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Demographics
At the 2004 census, the city had a population of 8,765. At the 1930 census, there were two localities: ''Briceni Târg'' (literally ''Briceni Fair''), and ''Briceni Sat'' (literally ''Briceni village''), and at the time they were part of ''Plasa Briceni'' of
Hotin County.
Etymology
The town has been also called: Berchan, Bricheni, Bricheni Târg, Bricheni Sat, Britchan, Britchani, Britsiteni.
A village, approximately to the east to the city, is also known as Briceni. It is at 48° 22´ north latitude and 27° 42´ east longitude, which puts that town north northwest of Chişinău.
Climate
Jewish community
The
Jewish cemetery of Briceni contains some 3,250 remaining tombstones though it is heavily overgrown and many are illegible. It is located in the eastern vicinities of the town, left of the road R11 leading to Ocnița.
History
On 5 December 2022, during
a Russian bombing campaign against Ukraine during the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, a missile fell within the borders of Moldova into an orchard near Briceni. On 16 February 2023, another missile fell into the village of
Larga. As a result of this incident, residents of Briceni expressed fear.
Media
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Radio Chișinău 102,6 FM
International relations
Twin Towns – Sister Cities
Briceni is
twinned with:
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Rădăuți
Rădăuți (; ; ; ; , ''Radivtsi''; ''Radevits''; ) is a town in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. According to the 2021 census, Rădăuți is the second largest urban settlement in the ...
, Romania
References
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2004 Moldovan Census1930 Romanian census
External links
briceni.comrich.mdbriceni.at.uabriceni.md'Jewish Cemetery'
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Cities and towns in Moldova
Ukrainian diaspora in Moldova
Khotinsky Uyezd
Hotin County
Ținutul Suceava
Historic Jewish communities in Moldova
Holocaust locations in Moldova
Massacres in Moldova
Briceni District
Market towns in Moldavia