Ilișești (german: Illischestie) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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located in
Suceava County,
Bukovina, northeastern
Romania
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. It is composed of two villages, namely Brașca and Ilișești. The commune was called ''Ciprian Porumbescu'' (with Ilișești village its center) and included
Bălăceana and
Ciprian Porumbescu villages until 2004, when these were split off to form separate communes.
Late modern period history
During the 1780s, 12 ethnic
German
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families settled in Ilișești in the course of the
Josephine colonization. These ethnic Germans were part of the then emerging
Bukovina German
''Buchelanddeutsche''
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community which was formed in
Suceava County and the entire historical region of
Bukovina during the
late Modern Age, more specifically during the
Habsburg period and, respectively, the
Austro-Hungarian period.
Administration and local politics
Commune council
The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the
2020 Romanian local elections
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Gallery
File:Scoala Ilisesti.jpg, The local school in Ilișești
File:Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului din Ilisesti1.jpg, Former Evangelical Lutheran church (now Orthodox)
File:Manastirea Ilisesti4.jpg, Entrance to Ilișești monastery
References
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Communes in Suceava County
Localities in Southern Bukovina