Ion Creangă is a commune in

Neamț County Neamț County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,766 ...

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. It was named after the Romanian writer Ion Creangă. The commune is composed of six villages: Averești, Ion Creangă (''Brătești'' until 1908 and then ''Brăteanu'' until the advent of the

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in 1948), Izvoru, Muncelu, Recea, and Stejaru."History of the Locality"
at the Ion Creangă Town Hall site; accessed January 3, 2011

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Communes in Neamț County Localities in Western Moldavia {{Neamţ-geo-stub