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Mușenița

Commune

Rural landscape from Băineț, Mușenița

Coat of arms

Location in Suceava County

Mușenița

Location in Romania

Country

Romania

County

Suceava

Area

40 km² (20 sq mi)

Elevation

414 m (1,358 ft)

Population

(2011)

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Time zone

EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)

Postal code

727390

Mușenița is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of five villages, namely: Baineț (the commune center), Climăuți, Mușenița, Vășcăuți, and Vicșani.

The commune is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine, at a distance of 12 km (7.5 mi) from the town of Siret. The river Ruda flows through Baineț and Vicșani villages, discharging into the Suceava River in the neighboring Dornești commune, while the river Grăvan flows through Vășcăuți village, discharging into the Siret River.

Vicșani railway station serves the Căile Ferate Române Line 500, which starts in Bucharest and ends at the Romania–Ukraine border here.

The Mușenița gas field is located on the territory of the commune.

Notable people

Otto Babiasch, German-Romanian (of Bukovina German origin) Olympic boxer
Nichita Danilov, Russian-Romanian poet (of Lipovan origin)
Dumitru Ivanov, Romanian rower

Gallery

The Roman Catholic church in Baineț
Lipovan Orthodox church in Climăuți
Roman Catholic church in Vicșani
The old wooden church in Mușenița

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