Dănești is a
commune in
Vaslui County,
Western Moldavia,
Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bereasa, Boțoaia, Dănești, Emil Racoviță, Rășcani and Tătărăni.
The village of Emil Racoviță, formerly called ''Șurănești'', is named after explorer
Emil Racoviță, who spent his childhood there. The physician
Grigore T. Popa
Grigore T. Popa (sometimes Anglicization, Anglicized to Gregor T. Popa; May 1, 1892 – July 18, 1948) was a Romanian physician and public intellectual. Of lowly peasant origin, he managed to obtain a university education and become a profess ...
was also born in the village.
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Communes in Vaslui County
Localities in Western Moldavia
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