Ștefănești (Botoșani)
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | West Moldova | ||||
| Circle : | Botoșani | ||||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 48 ' N , 27 ° 12' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 80 m | ||||
| Area : | 96.58 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 5,314 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 55 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 717385 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 31 | ||||
| License plate : | BT | ||||
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| Community type : | city | ||||
| Structure : | 4 districts / cadastral communities: Bădiuți , Bobuleşti , Stânca , Ștefăneşti-Sat | ||||
| Mayor : | Florin Buțura ( PNL ) | ||||
| Postal address : | Str.Stefan Luchian, nr 7 loc. Ștefăneşti, jud. Botoșani, RO-717385 |
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Ștefăneşti is a small town in Botoşani County in Romania .
location
Ștefăneşti lies in the Moldau Plain ( Câmpia Moldovei ), in the valley of the Başeu River , a right tributary of the Prut . The district capital Botoșani is located about 50 kilometers to the west.
history
The oldest archaeological finds on the city's territory date from the Copper Age . Ștefăneşti was first mentioned in 1436 - during the reign of the Moldovan prince Ștefan II - under the name Gura Başeului . Already in 1476 the place had the status of a market. In the 15th and 16th centuries it was plundered several times by Tatars and later by Polish units.
Numerous Jews settled here from the 17th to the 19th centuries. After the nearby Bessarabia became a Russian province in 1812 , Ștefăneşti developed into a border town with corresponding trading opportunities. In 1886 the Jews made up more than three quarters of the population with 3,886.
After the First World War , Bessarabia came to Romania; the importance of Ștefăneşti as a trading center was lost. As from other cities in Romania, Jews were deported to labor camps during the Second World War . Many of the survivors emigrated to Palestine after the war .
Ștefăneşti has been a city since 2004. The main industry is agriculture.
population
In 1930, around 8,850 people lived on the territory of today's city, of whom around 2,350 were Jews , the rest of them Romanians . The number of Jews fell to 870 in 1947; In 1969 there were still twelve Jewish families living in the village. In the 2002 census, 5628 inhabitants were registered in Ștefăneşti, including 5338 Romanians and 285 Roma , in 2011 of the 5314 registered inhabitants 4567 Romanians, 473 Roma and the rest without ethnic information.
traffic
Ștefăneşti has no rail connection. There are bus connections to Botoșani and Iași . The National Road Drum național 24C runs through the city . North of the city is a border crossing with the Republic of Moldova .
Attractions
- Ștefan Luchian Museum
- Cuvioasa Paraschiva Church (1640)
- Dendrological Park
- "Emil Racoviță" nature reserve
- Prut reservoir Stânca-Costeşti
Born in Ștefaneşti
- Ștefan Luchian (1868–1916), Romanian painter
- Sanda Toma (* 1956), Olympic champion in rowing 1980
literature
- Ghitta Sternberg: Stefanesti: Portrait of a Romanian Shtetl . Pergamon Press. Oxford, 1984.
