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

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region in northeastern

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. The town administers five villages: Bodeasa, Bozieni, Chișcăreni, Petricani, and Sat Nou. Near Săveni, at , there is a tall

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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

* Cristian Bădiliță (born 1968), theologian and essayist * Dan Caspi (1945–2017), Israeli academic *

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 * Claudiu Juncănaru (born 1996), footballer * Sammy Lerner (1903–1989), American songwriter * Alexandru Țigănașu (born 1990), footballer

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Towns in Romania Populated places in Botoșani County Localities in Western Moldavia Monotowns in Romania {{Botoşani-geo-stub