Iacobeni (german: Jakobeny) is a

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located in

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, in the historical region of

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, northerneastern

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. It is composed of two villages, namely Iacobeni and Mestecăniș. It included Botoș and Ciocănești villages until 2002, when these were split off to form Ciocănești commune. Until the mid

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, the commune was also home to a sizable Zipser German community (part of the enlargerd

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population of the county and the entire historical region) which initially settled here during the late 18th century in the time of the

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, and later on,

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Administration and local politics

Commune council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the

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Gallery

File:Jakobeny._(BildID_15451903).jpg, Iacobeni in winter time in 1916 File:RO SV Iacobeni (17).JPG, „Liviu Suhar” technological high school (former mining high school) File:RO SV Iacobeni (21).JPG, Iacobeni mining branch File:RO SV Iacobeni (47).JPG, DN17 going through Iacobeni File:RO SV Iacobeni (13).JPG, Roman Catholic church File:RO SV Iacobeni (12).JPG, Evangelical Lutheran church File:RO SV Iacobeni (6).JPG, Evangelical Lutheran church (side view) File:RO SV Iacobeni (24).JPG, Saint George Orthodox church File:CFI 764 243 Comandau 2010714 1.jpg, Mocănița narrow-gauge steam train (model CFI 764-243) at the former forest railway station at Comandău RO SV Iacobeni (34).JPG, Rural landscape in Iacobeni File:RO SV Iacobeni (2).JPG, The Golden Bistrița River flowing through Iacobeni

References

Communes in Suceava County Localities in Southern Bukovina Mining communities in Romania {{Suceava County