Lăcusteni
Sign in to saveLăcusteni is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Contea, Gănești, Lăcusteni, Lăcustenii de Jos, and Lăcustenii de Sus. Until 2004, these were part of Zătreni Commune, but were split off to form a separate commune.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- commune
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Vâlcea
- Romanian subdivision.name
- Lăcusteni
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Lăcusteni en distrikto Vâlcea.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Vâlcea County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Cosmin Bocșaru
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2020–2024
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 212
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 31.15
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 247758
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +(40) 250
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Lăcusteni is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Contea, Gănești, Lăcusteni, Lăcustenii de Jos, and Lăcustenii de Sus. Until 2004, these were part of Zătreni Commune, but were split off to form a separate commune.
==Geography== The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Olteț and its left tributary, the river Șasa. It is located in the southwestern part of Vâlcea County, west of the city of Drăgășani and southwest of the county seat, Râmnicu Vâlcea. Its neighbors are Zătreni commune to the north, Tetoiu commune to the northeast, the town of Bălcești to the south, and Ghioroiu commune to the southwest.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lăcusteni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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