Mușenița is a commune located in

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, northeastern Romania. It is composed of five villages, namely: Baineț (the commune center), Climăuți, Mușenița, Vășcăuți, and Vicșani. The commune is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with

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, at a distance of from the town of

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. The river Ruda flows through Baineț and Vicșani villages, discharging into the Suceava River in the neighboring Dornești commune, while the river Grăvan flows through Vășcăuți village, discharging into the Siret River. Vicșani railway station serves the

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Line 500, which starts in

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and ends at the Romania–Ukraine border here. The Mușenița gas field is located on the territory of the commune.

Administration and local politics

Communal council

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

2020 Romanian local elections Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Government of Romania to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending al ...

Notable people

* Otto Babiasch, German-Romanian (of Bukovina German origin) Olympic boxer * Nichita Danilov, Russian-Romanian poet (of Lipovan origin) * Dumitru Ivanov, Romanian rower

Gallery

File:Biserica romano-catolica din Bainet.jpg, The

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

church in Baineț File:Biserica lipoveneasca din Climauti.jpg, Lipovan Orthodox church in Climăuți File:Bis catolica din Vicsani.jpg,

church in Vicșani File:Mu¡enita.jpg, The old wooden church in Mușenița

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Musenita Communes in Suceava County Localities in Southern Bukovina Romania–Ukraine border crossings Polish communities in Romania