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Lețcani
Lețcani is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania, part of the Iași metropolitan area. It is composed of four villages: Bogonos, Cogeasca, Cucuteni and Lețcani. The commune is situated on the Moldavian Plateau, at an altitude of . It lies on the banks of the river Bahlui and its right tributary, the river Voinești; the river Săuzeni flows into the Voinești in Cogeasca. Among historians and archaeologists, Lețcani is famous as the place where one of the very few known Gothic runic inscriptions Very few Elder Futhark Runic inscriptions, inscriptions in the Gothic language have been found in the territory historically settled by the Goths (Wielbark culture, Chernyakhov culture). Due to the early Christianization of the Goths, the Gothic al ... was found, on a spindle whorl dated to the 4th century. Natives * Sava Caracaș (1890–1945), brigadier general during World War II References Communes in Iași County Localities in Western Moldavia {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sava Caracaș
Sava Caracaș (31 October 1890 – 15 March 1945) was a Romanian brigadier general during World War II. Career He was born in 1890 in Lețcani, Iași County. After graduating the Infantry Military School in 1912 with the rank of second lieutenant, he advanced in rank to lieutenant colonel in 1930 and colonel in 1936. In 1938, Caracaș served as Prefect of Iași County. At the order of the Minister of Interior, Armand Călinescu, he ordered the search of known sympathizers of the Iron Guard, who were suspected of possessing weapons and propaganda materials. Wearing a mărțișor was forbidden that year, since it was viewed as political insignia. From May 1941 to January 1942, he served as chief of staff 4th Corps Area. On 22 June 1941 Romania joined Operation Barbarossa in order to reclaim the lost territories of Bessarabia and Bukovina, which had been annexed by the Soviet Union in June 1940. From 29 June to 6 July 1941, the Iași pogrom was launched by governmental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iași County
Iași County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași. It is the most populous county in Romania, after the Municipality of Bucharest (which has the same administrative level as that of a county). Geography This county has a total area of . It lies on a plain between the Siret River and the Prut River. Two other rivers run through the county: the Bahlui River (on the banks of which lies the city of Iași) and the Jijia River. Neighbours * Republic of Moldova to the east - Ungheni District. * Neamț County to the west. * Botoșani County and Suceava County to the northwest. * Vaslui County to the south. Demographics At the 2021 census Iași County had a population of 760,774. At the 2011 census, the county had a population of 772,348. According to the 2012 data provided by the County Population Register Service, the total registered population of the county was 873,662 people. * Romanians – 97.61% * Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iași Metropolitan Area
The Iași metropolitan area is a metropolitan association in Iași County, Romania. It consists of the municipality of Iași and 19 nearby communes. Geography With an area of , the Iași metropolitan area occupies 21.2% of Iași County's total area of . History Iași metropolitan area was constituted on 8 April 2004, to create a better business environment, to attract more consistent investments and to better coordinate environmental and infrastructure projects. Demographics Per the 2021 census, the Iași metropolitan area has 423,154 inhabitants, 55.6% of Iași County's total population of 760,774. As defined by Eurostat, with 500,668 residents (), the Iași functional urban area is the second most populous in Romania (after Bucharest). Transportation Iași is served by Iași International Airport. Major roads in Iași are national roads DN24 and DN28, which are both part of European routes E58 and E583. CTP Iași offers transport services for the Iași Metrop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voinești (river)
The Voinești is a right tributary of the river Bahlui in Romania. It discharges into the Bahlui in Lețcani Lețcani is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania, part of the Iași metropolitan area. It is composed of four villages: Bogonos, Cogeasca, Cucuteni and Lețcani. The commune is situated on the Moldavian Plateau, at an altitude of .... Its length is and its basin size is . Lake Cucuteni is located on the Voinești. References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Iași County {{Iași-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Runic Inscriptions
Very few Elder Futhark Runic inscriptions, inscriptions in the Gothic language have been found in the territory historically settled by the Goths (Wielbark culture, Chernyakhov culture). Due to the early Christianization of the Goths, the Gothic alphabet replaced runes by the mid-4th century. There are about a dozen candidate inscriptions, and only three of them are widely accepted to be of Gothic origin: the gold ring of Pietroassa, bearing a votive inscription, part of a larger treasure found in the Romanian Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians, and two spearheads inscribed with what is probably the weapon's name, one found in the Ukraine, Ukrainian Carpathians, and the other in eastern Germany, near the Oder. Ring of Pietroassa A gold ring (necklace) was found in 1837 in Pietroassa (''recte'' Pietroasele, south-east Romania, Buzău County), dated to ca. AD 400, bearing an Elder Futhark inscription of 15 runes. The ring was stolen in 1875, and clipped in two with pliers by a B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commune In Romania
A commune (''comună'' in Romanian language, Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2,686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a Counties of Romania, county. Urban areas, such as towns and cities within a county, are given the status of ''Cities in Romania, city'' or ''Municipality in Romania, municipality''. In principle, a commune can contain any size population, but in practice, when a commune becomes relatively urbanised and exceeds approximately 10,000 residents, it is usually granted city status. Although cities are on the same administrative level as communes, their local governments are structured in a way that gives them more power. Some urban or semi-urban areas of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants have also been given city status. Each commune is administered by a mayor (''primar'' in Romanian). A commune is made up of one or more villages which do not themselves have an administrative function. Communes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Moldavia
Western Moldavia (, ''Moldova de Apus'', or , also known as Moldavia, is the core historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1878, the Principality of Moldavia also included, at various times in its history, the regions of Bessarabia (with the Budjak), all of Bukovina, and Hertsa; the larger part of the former is nowadays the independent state of Moldova, while the rest of it, the northern part of Bukovina, and Hertsa form territories of Ukraine. Moldavia consists of eight counties, spanning over 18% of Moldova's territory. Six out of the 8 counties make up Moldavian's designated Nord-Est development region, while the two southern counties are included within Moldavian's Sud-Est development region. It comprises roughly 48.67% of the wider region of Moldavia. Etymology The names ''Moldavia'' and ''Moldova'' are derived from the name of the Moldova River; howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a mainly continental climate, and an area of with a population of 19 million people. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Europe's second-longest river, the Danube, empties into the Danube Delta in the southeast of the country. The Carpathian Mountains cross Romania from the north to the southwest and include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Bucharest is the country's Bucharest metropolitan area, largest urban area and Economy of Romania, financial centre. Other major urban centers, urban areas include Cluj-Napoca, Timiș ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moldavian Plateau
The Moldavian Plateau () is a geographic area of the historical region of Moldavia, spanning nowadays the east and northeast of Romania, most of Moldova (except the south), and most of the Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine (where it is known as the ''Pokuttian-Bessarabian Upland''). Limits The Moldavian Plateau is bounded (in clockwise order), as follows. * To the west by the Eastern Carpathian Mountains (). * To north and north-east by the Podolian Plateau (). * To the east and south east by Black Sea Lowland across which to the east stretches the Pontic Plain (), part of the Eurasian Steppe () and to the south towards the Black Sea the Bugeac Plain (), comprising in Moldova. * To the south by the Romanian Plain (also known as the Wallachian Plain) and the Bărăgan Plain (). * To the southwest by the Vrancea Hills (), part of the Sub Carpathians (also known as the Curvature Carpathians) (). The Moldavian Plateau comprises over two-thirds of the territory of the medieval Principalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahlui
The Bahlui is the largest river of the city of Iași, in eastern Romania. It is a right tributary of the river Jijia. Its name is derived from Cuman and it means "muddy river". The Bahlui has a length of 119 km and a catchment area of 1967 km2. The average discharge is about 4.88 m3/s. Its spring is located at an altitude of 500 metres in the Tudora Comune, Botoșani County, in the eastern part of Suceava Plateau. It flows through the Jijia Plain, from north-west toward south-east and through the cities of Hârlău (formerly named after the river: '' Târgul Bahluiului'') and Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the Cities in Romania, third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical .... It flows into the Jijia in Tomești, east of Iași. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Săuzeni
The Săuzeni is a left tributary of the river Voinești in Romania. It flows into the Voinești in Cogeasca. Its length is and its basin size is . Lakes Dumești I and Păușești, used mainly for fish farming Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture, which is the controlled cultivation and harvesting of ... are located on this river. References Rivers of Romania Rivers of Iași County {{Iași-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes In Iași County
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of Algeria ** Communes of Angola ** Communes of Belgium ** Communes of Benin ** Communes of Burundi ** Communes of Chile ** Communes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ** Communes of France ** Communes of Italy, called ''comune'' ** Communes of Luxembourg ** Communes of Moldova, called ''comună'' ** Communes of Niger ** Communes of Romania, called ''comună'' ** Communes of Switzerland ** Commune-level subdivisions (Vietnam) *** Commune (Vietnam) *** Commune-level town (Vietnam) ** People's commune, highest of three administrative levels in rural China, 1958 to 1983 Government and military/defense * Agricultural commune, intentional community based on agricultural labor * Commune (rebellion), a synonym for uprising or revolut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
