Salcea is a town in Suceava County, in the

Western Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova), also called Western Moldavia or Romanian Moldavia, is the historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1859, the P ...

region of northern

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, with a population of 9,015. It administers four villages: Mereni, Plopeni, Prelipca, and Văratec. Salcea was declared a town in 2004. The town is located at about 11 kilometers east of

Suceava Suceava () is the largest urban settlement and the seat town ( ro, oraș reședință de județ) of Suceava County, situated in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania, and at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. Klaus Pet ...

and it is best known for the Suceava Airport located nearby.

Administration and local politics

Town council

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

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Notes

External links

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Salcea Town Hall official site
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Suceava Airport official site
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Suceava County site – Salcea web page
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