Săveni () is a small town located in
Botoșani County
Botoșani County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neighbouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the county seat at Botoșani.
Demographics
As of 1st of December 20 ...
in the
Western Moldavia
Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the P ...
region in northeastern
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. The town administers five villages: Bodeasa, Bozieni, Chișcăreni, Petricani, and Sat Nou.
Near Săveni, at , there is a tall
guyed mast
A guyed mast is a tall thin vertical structure that depends on guy lines (diagonal tensioned cables attached to the ground or a base) for stability. The mast itself has the compressive strength to support its own weight, but does not have the ...
for FM-/TV-broadcasting. The town features two Orthodox churches, the Saint Nicholas Church and the Saint George Church.
The town's main educational centers are the "Școala Gimnazială Nr.1 Săveni" elementary and middle school, with an old decrepit building from the early 1900' which functioned as a Jewish school, and the "Liceul Teoretic Dr. Mihai Ciucă", which is an elementary and high school.
The "Spitalul Orășenesc Săveni" is the local hospital. The old cinema "Patria" was recently rehabilitated with funds and has become a modern "Casă de Cultură". There is an archaeology museum located in the town.
Natives
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Cristian Bădiliță (born 1968), theologian and essayist
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Dan Caspi (1945–2017), Israeli academic
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Mihai Ciucă
Mihai Ciucă (18 August 1883–20 February 1969) was a Romanian bacteriologist and parasitologist.
Biography
He was born into a family of teachers in Săveni, Dorohoi County, in the Moldavia region, and spent his childhood in his native vil ...
(1883–1969), bacteriologist
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Claudiu Juncănaru (born 1996), footballer
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Sammy Lerner (1903–1989), American songwriter
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Alexandru Țigănașu (born 1990), footballer
References
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Towns in Romania
Populated places in Botoșani County
Localities in Western Moldavia
Monotowns in Romania
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