Danesti, Vaslui
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Dăneşti is a commune
in Vaslui County
, Romania
. It is composed of six villages: Bereasa, Boţoaia, Dăneşti, Emil Racoviţă, Răşcani and Tătărăni.
Emil Racoviţă village, formerly called Şurăneşti, is named after explorer Emil Racoviţă
, who spent his childhood there. Grigore T. Popa, after whom the Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy was named, was born in the village.
Communes of Romania
A commune is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania. There are 2686 communes in Romania. The commune is the rural subdivision of a county .There is no clear restriction on the population of a commune, even though when a commune...
in Vaslui County
Vaslui County
Vaslui is a county of Romania, in the historical region Moldavia, with the seat at Vaslui.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 455,049 and the population density was 86/km².*Romanians - over 98%*Romas, other-Geography:...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It is composed of six villages: Bereasa, Boţoaia, Dăneşti, Emil Racoviţă, Răşcani and Tătărăni.
Emil Racoviţă village, formerly called Şurăneşti, is named after explorer Emil Racoviţă
Emil Racovita
Emil Racoviţă was a Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist and explorer of Antarctica.Together with Grigore Antipa, he was one of the most noted promoters of natural sciences in Romania...
, who spent his childhood there. Grigore T. Popa, after whom the Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy was named, was born in the village.