Cîrnățeni is a village in

Căușeni District Căușeni District (, ) is a district in the central part of Moldova, with the administrative center at Căușeni. The other major city in the district is Căinari. According to the 2014 Moldovan Census, the population of the district is 81,185. ...

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. ...

. The village has an area of about 31.6511 km², being at a distance of 5 km from Causeni city and 78 km from Chisinau. The village of Cîrnăţeni was first officially mentioned in 1651.

Etymology

Legend

Once a great merchant from

Tighina Bender (, ) or Bendery (, ; ), also known as Tighina ( mo-Cyrl, Тигина, links=no), is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under ''de facto'' control of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transn ...

stood here. Other merchants and travelers stopped and expressed their wish that “if there were any place to eat and drink, the passers-by would rest and dine. After hearing the travelers’ wish, the merchant from Tighina ordered for such a place to be built. The hikers stopped, rested and ate nearby the village. Local cooks would prepare the most delicious sausages of various kinds. The news about the local sausages has quickly spread through the land. From those tasty sausages came the name of the village – Cîrnăţeni.''The Lower Dniester Ramsar Site''

References

Villages of Căușeni District {{Căușeni-geo-stub