Corni is a commune in

Botoșani County Botoșani County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neighbouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the county seat at Botoșani. Demographics As of 1st of December 20 ...

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 P ...

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 ...

. It is composed of four villages: Balta Arsă, Corni, Mesteacăn, and Sarafinești. The commune is located in the southwestern part of the county, on the border with

Suceava County Suceava County () is a county (') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat and the ...

Natives

Octav Băncilă Octav Băncilă (; 4 February 1872 – 3 April 1944) was a Romanian Realism (arts), realist painter and left-wing activist. He was the brother of Sofia Nădejde, a Feminism, feminist journalist, and the brother-in-law of (an Atheism, atheist an ...

(1872–1944), realist painter and left-wing activist

References

Communes in Botoșani County {{Botoşani-geo-stub