Suruceni
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| subdivision_name1 = Ialoveni District
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| leader_party = PAS{{cite web | url= https://rezultate.cec.md/api/api/GetReport?electionId=10064&electionRoundId=20149&electionCircumscriptionId=7117 | title= Alegerea Primarului Local. 05.11.2023. Circumscripția electorală sătească Suruceni | publisher= Comisia Electorală Centrală | year= 2023 | accessdate= 2023-11-28 | archive-date= 2023-12-08 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231208192135/https://rezultate.cec.md/api/api/GetReport?electionId=10064&electionRoundId=20149&electionCircumscriptionId=7117 }} {{in lang|ro}}
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Sergiu Gorceac
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| area_footnotes = {{cite web | url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1243925351#map=15/ | title= Suruceni: Open Street Map | date= 4 November 2024 | accessdate= 2025-01-12 }}
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| population_as_of = 2014 census
| population_footnotes = [http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=479 Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014]: {{cite web | url= http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Recensamint/Recensamint_pop_2014/Rezultate/Tabele/Caracteristici_populatie_Comune_RPL_2014_rom_rus_eng.xls | title= Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship) | publisher= National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova | format= XLS | year=2017 | accessdate = 2017-05-01}}
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Suruceni is a village in Ialoveni District, Moldova, 22 km to the west from Chișinău. It sits on the bank of two retention basins called Lake Nimoreni, and Lake Suruceni. The village borders the Dănceni, Nimoreni, Chișinau, and Văsieni localities.[http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Clasificatoare/CUATM_rom.zip Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM)] {{in lang|ro}}
File:Întrarea la Suruceni dinspre Dănceni.jpg.]]
It has been the site, since 1785, of Suruceni Monastery of St George, a community of Orthodox nuns. The sisters farm land on the edge of the village, and maintain two monastic churches which are open to the public at certain times.
Sport
FC Sfântul Gheorghe Suruceni was based in the village until its dissolution.
Notable people
- Ion Suruceanu, a Moldovan singer.
- Nicolae Suruceanu, a Bessarabian politician.
- Vasile Ciorăscu, a Bessarabian politician
References
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{{Ialoveni District, Moldova}}
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Category:Villages of Ialoveni District
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