Copălău is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cerbu, Copălău, and Cotu. It included four other villages until 2003, when these were detached to form

Coșula Coșula is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Buda, Coșula, Pădureni and Șupitca. It was established in 2003, when it was detached from Copălău Copălău is a commune in Botoșani County ...

commune.

Geography

The commune is situated on the Moldavian Plain, on the banks of the river

Miletin The Miletin is a right tributary of the river Jijia in Romania. It discharges into the Jijia near Vlădeni.Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Western Moldavia, Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. ...

. To the north, Copălău borders

Sulița Sulița is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, H ...

commune, to the south and east the town of

Flămânzi Flămânzi is a town in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, ...

, and to the west and northwest Coșula and

Bălușeni Bălușeni is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It bo ...

communes.

Copălău garlic

It is said that the garlic of Copălău is the best in Romania. Continuing a tradition that dates back centuries, more than 40% of the locals cultivate the subspecies of ''

Allium sativum Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northeastern ...

''; the bulbs are medium-sized and oval, weighing about , with only 4 to 5 cloves. Considered unique due to the soil's quality, the Copălău garlic has gained fame both nationally and internationally; as a result, authorities are preparing to register it as a product with a

protected geographical indication Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG), promote and protect nam ...

Natives

Adriana Bazon Adriana Bazon-Chelariu ( Bazon, born 5 July 1963) is a retired Romanian rower. She competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics and five world championships between 1985 and 1991 and won 10 medals, including three world championship gold medals ...

(b. 1963), rower *

Florica Lavric Florica Lavric (7 January 1962 in Romania, 1962 – 20 June 2014 in Romania, 2014) was a Romanian rower. Competing in coxed fours she won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 and world championship silver medals in 1983 and 1985. In 1987 she contracted ...

(1962–2014), rower

References

Communes in Botoșani County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Botoşani-geo-stub