Bogdana is a

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Vaslui County Vaslui County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Western Moldavia, with the seat at Vaslui. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 395,499 and the population density was 74/km². * Romanians - over 98% * Rom ...

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. The commune of Bogdana is one of the most developed communes of Vaslui County from an agricultural and economic point of view. Bogdana is situated in the central-west part of Vaslui county. It falls within the region of the Tutova Hills, with the hilly landscape characteristic of that zone. On is bordered on the north by the commune Puşcaşi, on the east by the commune

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, on extreme southeast by the commune Bogdănești, on the southwest by the commune

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, on the south by the commune Bogdănița, and on the west by the commune

Poienești Poienești is a commune in Vaslui County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Dealu Secării, Florești, Frasinu, Poienești, Fundu Văii, Oprișița and Poienești-Deal. Although legally part of Poienești, Dealu Secării ...

. The commune is composed of nine villages: Arșița, Bogdana, Fântâna Blănarului, Găvanu, Lacu Babei, Plopeni, Similișoara, Suceveni and Verdeș. The surface area is and the population is 3125 people. The principal economic activities are agriculture and milling and processing wood.

History

Bogdana traces back to a 15th-century settlement under the name of ''Zvastelești'', at the site of the present-day village of Bogdana. A 20 October 1468 document from

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mentions a bargain between Toader Zvasteala (after whom the village was named) and his sisters "the first living in the village of Zvastelești, but the others in the village of Sarbanești, both in Bogdana.""ca primul sa iee satul Zvastelești, iara cele de al doilea satul Sarbanești, ambele pe Bogdana". Other nearby villages mentioned are Horjaștii, Sarbanești, and others that no longer exist. The present-day village of Suceveni dates from the 18th century, Fântâna Blănarului from 1830, Similișoara from 1845, and Lacu Babei from 1880.

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* Communes in Vaslui County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Vaslui-geo-stub