Ștefănești, Botoșani

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|term = 2020–2024

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Ștefănești ({{langx|yi|שטעפנשט}}, {{langx|he|שטפנשט}}) is a small town in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It administers four nearby villages: Bădiuți, Bobulești, Stânca and Ștefănești-Sat.

The town is located near the point where the Bașeu River discharges into the Prut River, on the shore of the Stânca-Costești reservoir. Stânca is a border checkpoint with Moldova, connected via the Stânca-Costești Dam to the town of Costești, Moldova.

File:Biserica Sf. Parascheva din Stefanesti.jpg|Saint Parascheva Church

File:Muzeul Stefan Luchian din Stefanesti.jpg|The Ștefan Luchian Museum

Demographics

According to the 2021 census, Ștefănești has a population of 5,032.{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}} At the census from 2011, the town had a population of 5,092; of those, 90.57% were ethnic Romanians and 9.3% ethnic Romani.{{cite web|url=http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=1&judet_id=90&localitate_id=147|title=Structura Etno-demografică a României|website=Edrc.ro|access-date=8 October 2017}}

Natives

The painter Ștefan Luchian (1868–1916) was born here, as well as Vlad Onicescu, the father of the mathematician Octav Onicescu (1892–1983). The town is also the birthplace of the Shtefanesht Hasidic dynasty and as such its name is still known in present-day Israel.

References

Category:Populated places in Botoșani County

Category:Localities in Western Moldavia

Category:Towns in Romania

Category:Moldova–Romania border crossings

Category:Populated places on the Prut

Category:Jewish communities in Romania

Category:Market towns in Moldavia