Iacobeni () is a commune located in

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 ...

, in the historical region of

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, northeastern

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. It is composed of two villages: Iacobeni and Mestecăniș. It included Botoș and Ciocănești villages until 2002, when these were split off to form Ciocănești commune. The commune is located in the western part of Suceava County, some from the county seat,

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. It lies at an altitude of , on the banks of the Bistrița River.

History

Until the mid-20th century the commune was also home to a sizeable Zipser German community (part of the larger Bukovina German population of the county and the entire historical region) which initially settled here during the late 18th century, during the

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, or in the time of the

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, and later on,

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Administration and local politics

Commune council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections:

Gallery

File:Franz Xavier Knapp - Iacobeny.jpg, Iacobeni by Franz Xaver Knapp (1867) File:Jakobeny._(BildID_15451903).jpg, Iacobeni in winter time in 1916 File:RO SV Iacobeni (17).JPG, Liviu Suhar Technological High School (former mining high school) File:RO SV Iacobeni (21).JPG, Iacobeni mining branch File:RO SV Iacobeni (47).JPG, DN17 going through Iacobeni File:RO SV Iacobeni (13).JPG, Roman Catholic church File:RO SV Iacobeni (12).JPG, Evangelical Lutheran church File:RO SV Iacobeni (6).JPG, Evangelical Lutheran church (side view) File:RO SV Iacobeni (24).JPG, Saint George Orthodox church File:CFI 764 243 Comandau 2010714 1.jpg, Mocănița narrow-gauge steam train (model CFI 764-243) at the former forest railway station at Comandău RO SV Iacobeni (34).JPG, Rural landscape in Iacobeni File:RO SV Iacobeni (2).JPG, The Golden Bistrița River flowing through Iacobeni

References

Communes in Suceava County Localities in Southern Bukovina Mining communities in Romania {{Suceava County