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Moldovița
Moldovița is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of four villages: namely Argel, Demăcușa, Moldovița, and Rașca.

A Latin-rite Catholic Diocese of Moldovița with see here existed from 1418 to 1550.

Demographics

According to the 2002 Romanian census, there were 5,021 people living in the commune. The national composition thereof was:

  Ethnicity in Moldovița (1930–2002)
Year Romanians Ukrainians Russians Germans
(Bukovina Germans)		 Poles Slovaks Turks Jews
1930 17.27% 52.97% 1.27% 11.15% 3.45% - - 13.54%
2002 4763 (94.9%) 209 (4.2%) - 37 (0.7%) 5 (0.1%) 4 (0.1%) 1 (< 0.1%) 1 (< 0.1%)

As for language, in 2002 the composition was:

  Language in Moldovița (2002)
Year Romanian Ukrainian German Hungarian
2002 4,839 (96.4%) 167 (3.3%) 12 (0.2%) 1 (< 0.1%)

Administration and local politics

Communal 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
  National Liberal Party (PNL) 8                
  Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) 3                
  PRO Romania (PRO) 2                
  Social Democratic Party (PSD) 1                
  People's Movement Party (PMP) 1                

Notes

  1. ^ Eventually also Zipser Germans included in this figure as well.

References

  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. ^ "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
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