Ilișești facts for kids
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Ilișești
Illischestie
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Former Evangelical Lutheran church, previously belonging to the Bukovina German community, now Orthodox and Romanian (June 2011)
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Location in Suceava County
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 Ilișești
Location in Romania
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| Country |  Romania |
| County | Suceava |
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| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
Ilișești (German: Illischestie) is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages, namely Brașca and Ilișești. The commune was called Ciprian Porumbescu (with Ilișești village its center) and included Bălăceana and Ciprian Porumbescu villages until 2004, when these were split off to form separate communes.
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Late modern period history
During the 1780s, 12 ethnic German families settled in Ilișești in the course of the Josephine colonization. These ethnic Germans were part of the then emerging Bukovina German community which was formed in Suceava County and the entire historical region of Bukovina during the late Modern Age, more specifically during the Habsburg period and, respectively, the Austro-Hungarian period.
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:
| Party | Seats | Current Council | ||||
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| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 4 | |||||
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 3 | |||||
| Save Romania Union (USR) | 2 | |||||
| PRO Romania (PRO) | 1 | |||||
| Romanian Ecologist Party (PER) | 1 | |||||
Gallery
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The local school in Ilișești
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Former Evangelical Lutheran church (now Orthodox)
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Entrance to Ilișești monastery
See also
In Spanish: Ilișești para niños
