Braniște is a commune in

Rîșcani District Rîșcani () is a district () in the north-west of Moldova, with the administrative center at Rîșcani. The other major city is Costești. As of 1 January 2011, its population was 70,000. History Near the town Costești there are traces of a ...

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

. It is composed of four villages: Avrămeni, Braniște, Reteni and Reteni-Vasileuți.''Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova'' (CUATM)

Notable people

Alexandru Moșanu Alexandru Moșanu (19 July 1932 – 7 December 2017) was a Moldovan politician, historian and professor. Biography Alexandru Moșanu was born in Braniște, Rîșcani, Braniște, Kingdom of Romania (now in Rîșcani District, Moldova). He was t ...

(1932–2017), Romanian-Moldavian historian and politician * Boris Vieru (1957–2019), Moldovan politician *

Leonid Tălmaci Leonid Talmaci (born 26 April 1954) is a Moldovan politician. He was born in Reteni and served as the head of the National Bank of Moldova The National Bank of Moldova () is the central bank of the Republic of Moldova. The National Bank of Mo ...

(born 1954), Moldovan politician, governor of the National Bank of Moldova

References

Communes of Rîșcani District Populated places on the Prut {{Rîșcani-geo-stub