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Dornești (, , popularly also known in Romanian as Hadic, a shortened form of its Hungarian name) is a commune located in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dornești and Iaz. From 1786 to 1941, the village of Dornești was inhabited by the Székelys of Bukovina. In the past, the commune was also inhabited by a German minority, more specifically Bukovina Germans (). Nowadays, the vast majority of the population are ethnic Romanians (approximately 90% of the commune's population according to the 2011 Romanian census).

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
commune
Romanian subdivision.county
Suceava
Romanian subdivision.official_name
Dornești
Romanian subdivision.subdivisions
Dornești, Iaz
Romanian subdivision.image_shield
ROU SV Dornesti CoA.png
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
Biserica Adormirea Maicii Domnului din Dornesti1.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_caption
Local church in Dornești
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Dornesti jud Suceava.png
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Suceava County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Vasile-Săndel Cazacu
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PSD
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.elevation
345
Romanian subdivision.area_total_km2
32
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
727210
Romanian subdivision.area_code
(+40) x30

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Administration and local politics
  • Communal council
  • Natives
  • Gallery
  • References

Dornești (, , popularly also known in Romanian as Hadic, a shortened form of its Hungarian name) is a commune located in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dornești and Iaz. From 1786 to 1941, the village of Dornești was inhabited by the Székelys of Bukovina. In the past, the commune was also inhabited by a German minority, more specifically Bukovina Germans (). Nowadays, the vast majority of the population are ethnic Romanians (approximately 90% of the commune's population according to the 2011 Romanian census).

== History ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dornești” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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