Coțușca is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Avram Iancu, Cotu Miculinți, Coțușca, Crasnaleuca, Ghireni, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Nichiteni, Nicolae Bălcescu and Puțureni.

Demographics

According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 5,357 people living in this commune. Of this population, 99.94% are ethnic Romanians, 0.03% ethnic Hungarians and 0.01% ethnic Ukrainians.

Natives

Victor Găureanu Victor Dan Găureanu, better known as Dan Găureanu (15 November 1967 – 20 May 2017) was a Romanian fencer. He competed in the sabre events at the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Fencing Champio ...

Constantin Simirad Constantin Simirad (13 May 1941 – 28 March 2021) was a Romanian politician and academic. Biography Simirad was born on 13 May 1941 in Coțușca, Botoșani County. He graduated from Iași National College and the University of Iași. He first b ...

References

Communes in Botoșani County Localities in Western Moldavia Populated places on the Prut {{Botoşani-geo-stub