Dornești (, , popularly also known in

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as ''Hadic'', a shortened form of its Hungarian name) is a commune located in

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, in the

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, northeastern

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. It is composed of two villages, Dornești and Iaz. From 1786 to 1941, the village of Dornești was inhabited by the

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. In the past, the commune was also inhabited by a German minority, more specifically

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(). Nowadays, the vast majority of the population are ethnic

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(approximately 90% of the commune's population according to the

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History

As it is the case of other rural settlements from Suceava County, Dornești (, ) was previously inhabited by a small German community, more specifically by

( during the

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up until the mid 20th century, starting as early as the

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period and, later on, the

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period. However, the main ethnic group of the commune was that of the

well into the times of the

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. At the 1930 Romanian census, the Székelys of Dornești accounted for 91.9% of the commune's population Both the Romanians and the Germans amounted to 2.63% each. Other smaller ethnic groups registered at the time in the commune included Jews (1.72%) and

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(0.93%). In addition, the vast majority of the inhabitants of Dornești were

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Administration and local politics

Communal council

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

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Natives

* Damaschin Dorneanul – Vicar-Bishop of the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți * Tamás Menyhért – Hungarian writer

Gallery

File:Hadikfalva Gizella Sebestyén Laslovarga.jpg, Hadikfalva public school stamp for a Hungarian-language school in Dornești, issued during

times, with the coat of arms of the

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depicted in the middle File:Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului din Dornesti3.jpg, Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Dornești File:Hadikfalva katolikus templom.jpg, Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Dornești File:A Temeto Hadikfalván Gizella Sebestyén Laslovarga (5).jpg, Dornești commune, Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania

References

Communes in Suceava County Localities in Southern Bukovina Székely communities {{Suceava County