Ilișești

Ilișești (German: Illischestie) is a commune located in Suceava County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Brașca and Ilișești. The commune was called Ciprian Porumbescu (with Ilișești village its center) and included Bălăceana and Ciprian Porumbescu villages until 2004, when these were split off to form separate communes. During the 1780s, 12 ethnic German families settled in Ilișești in the course of the Josephine colonization.[2]

Ilișești
Former Lutheran church, now Orthodox
Location in Suceava County
Ilișești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°36′N 26°3′E
Country Romania
CountySuceava
Population
 (2011)[1]
2,761
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.SV

References

  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  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.
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