Ilișești

For the river in Suceava County, see Ilișești (river).

Ilișești (German: Illischestie) is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages, Brașca and Ilișești. The commune was called Ciprian Porumbescu (with Ilișești as its center) and included the villages of Bălăceana and Ciprian Porumbescu until 2004, when these were split off to form separate communes.

Ilișești
Commune
Former Evangelical Lutheran church, previously belonging to the Bukovina German community, now a Romanian Orthodox church
Location in Suceava County
Ilișești Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°36′N 26°3′E
Country	Romania
County	Suceava
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Florinel-Răduțu Avasiloaie (PNL)
Area	33.2 km2 (12.8 sq mi)
Elevation	398 m (1,306 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	2,839
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	727130
Area code	(+40) 02 30
Vehicle reg.	SV
Website	www.comunailisesti.ro

History

During the 1780s, 12 ethnic-German families settled in Ilișești in the course of the Josephine colonization.^[2] These ethnic Germans were part of the then-emerging Bukovina German community which formed in the historical region of Bukovina during the Habsburg period under Austria-Hungary.

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:^[3]

	Party	Seats	Current Council
	National Liberal Party (PNL)	4
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	3
	Save Romania Union (USR)	2
	PRO Romania (PRO)	1
	Romanian Ecologist Party (PER)	1

Natives

• Leontin Grozavu (born 1967), football player and manager
• Simion Florea Marian (1847–1907), folklorist, ethnographer, Orthodox priest, and teacher

References

1. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
2. Welsch, Sophie A. (1986). "The Bukovina-Germans During the Habsburg Period: Settlement, Ethnic Interaction, Contributions" (PDF). Immigrants & Minorities. 5: 73–106. doi:10.1080/02619288.1986.9974623. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-05.
3. "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2020-11-02.

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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