Mușenița (german: Muszenitza) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

located in

Suceava County Suceava County () is a county ('' ro, județ'') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat is the historical tow ...

Bukovina Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter Berge ...

, northeastern Romania. It is composed of five villages, namely: Baineț (german: Baincze; the commune center), Climăuți, Mușenița, Vășcăuți, and Vicșani. The commune is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with

Chernivtsi Oblast Chernivtsi Oblast ( uk, Черніве́цька о́бласть, Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna ( uk, Чернівеччина) is an oblast (province) in Western Ukraine, consisting of the northern parts of the reg ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

, at a distance of from the town of

Siret Siret (; german: Sereth; hu, Szeretvásár; uk, Серет, Seret; yi, סערעט, Seret) is a town, municipality and former Latin bishopric in Suceava County, northeastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina. Siret is ...

. The river

Ruda Ruda may refer to: Islands * Ruda (island), Croatian island in the Elaphiti Archipelago Rivers * Ruda (river), a river in Croatia, tributary of the Cetina river * Ruda (Narew), a river in Poland, tributary of the Narew * Ruda (Oder), a river i ...

flows through Baineț and Vicșani villages, discharging into the

Suceava River The Suceava ( uk, Сучава ''Suchava'', ro, Suceava, hu, Szucsáva) is a river located in the north-east of Romania (Suceava County) and western Ukraine (Chernivtsi Oblast). It is a right tributary of the river Siret. It discharges into the ...

in the neighboring

Dornești Dornești (german: Kriegsdorf, hu, Hadikfalva) is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dornești and Iaz. From 1786 to 1941, Dornești village was inhabited by the Székelys of Bukovina The Székelys o ...

commune, while the river Grăvan flows through Vășcăuți village, discharging into the

Siret River The Siret or Sireth ( uk, Сірет or Серет, ro, Siret , hu, Szeret, russian: Сирет) is a river that rises from the Carpathians in the Northern Bukovina region of Ukraine, and flows southward into Romania before it joins the Danube. ...

Vicșani railway station Vicșani (Ukrainian: Вікшань) is a railway station near the town of Siret in Suceava County of northern Romania, 7km south of the Ukrainian border, on the line north from Bucharest. The station functions as the border control point for ...

serves the

Căile Ferate Române Căile Ferate Române (; abbreviated as the CFR) is the state railway carrier of Romania. As of 2014, the railway network of Romania consists of , of which (37.4%) are electrified. The total track length is , of which (38.5%) are electrifie ...

Line 500, which starts in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

and ends at the

Romania–Ukraine border 300px, Political map of Romania The Romania–Ukraine border is the state border between Romania and Ukraine. It consists of both a land and a maritime boundary. The total border length is including by rivers and by the Black Sea.Olga Fil ...

here. The

Mușenița gas field The Mușenița gas field is a natural gas field located in Mușenița, Suceava County. It was discovered in 2012 and developed by and Zeta Petroleum. It will begin production in 2014 and will produce natural gas and condensates. The total prov ...

is located on the territory of the commune.

Administration and local politics

Communal council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the

2020 Romanian local elections Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Government of Romania to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending all ...

Notable people

Otto Babiasch Otto Babiasch (born 21 March 1937 in Baineț, Romania) is a German former boxer who won the bronze medal at the 1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships in the flyweight category, representing East Germany. He competed for the SC Dynamo B ...

, German-Romanian (of

Bukovina German The Bukovina Germans (german: Bukowinadeutsche or ''Buchenlanddeutsche'') are a German diaspora, German ethnic group which settled in Bukovina, a historical region situated at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. Their m ...

origin) Olympic boxer *

Nichita Danilov Nichita Danilov (born April 7, 1952, in Climăuţi village, Suceava County) is a Romanian poet. He served as the acting ambassador of Romania to Moldova in 1999. Early life Danilov graduated from the Architecture College and the Faculty of ...

, Russian-Romanian poet (of

Lipovan , flag = Flag of the Lipovans.png , flag_caption = Flag of the Lipovans , image = Evstafiev-lipovane-slava-cherkeza.jpg , caption = Lipovans during a ceremony in front of the Lipovan church in the Romanian village of Slava Cercheză in 2004 ...

origin) * Dumitru Ivanov, Romanian rower

Gallery

File:Biserica romano-catolica din Bainet.jpg, The

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

church in Baineț (german: Baincze) File:Biserica lipoveneasca din Climauti.jpg, Lipovan

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

church in Climăuți File:Bis catolica din Vicsani.jpg,

church in Vicșani File:Mu¡enita.jpg, The old wooden church in Mușenița

References

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