- Fălticeni
Infobox Settlement
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subdivision_name = ROU
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subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Suceava County
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subdivision_name2=Autolink|Municipality
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leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Vasile Tofan
|leader_party=Democratic-Liberal Party
area_total_km2=28.76
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website=http://www.falticeni.ro/Fălticeni is a city in
Suceava County ,Romania , capital of the formerBaia County (1929-1950). As of 2003 the population is 28,899, and the city covers an area of 28,76 km², of which 25% are orchards and lakes. The city is 25 km away fromSuceava , the capital of the county.History
The earliest written mention of the village "Folticeni" is from March 1490, and the second from March 1554, when
Moldavia n PrinceAlexandru Lăpuşneanu awarded the estate and the village bearing the aforesaid name toMoldoviţa Monastery.Fălticeni was first mentioned as an urban settlement in August 1780 as Târgul Şoldăneşti ("Town of Şoldăneşti"), after the name of a local
boyar 's estate, in a document issued by the chancellery of PrinceConstantin Moruzi . In March 1826, an edict issued by PrinceIoan Sturdza changed the name of the town to Fălticeni.Culture
Fălticeni houses the largest collection of works of art by a single artist, "Muzeul de Artă "Ion Irimescu" (The
Ion Irimescu Art Museum). Fălticeni is also the hometown of the Lovinescu family, who gave Romania four of its most distinguished men of letters of the 20th century: literary criticEugen Lovinescu , playwrightHoria Lovinescu , esoteristVasile Lovinescu and novelistAnton Holban .Classics of
Romanian literature , such asIon Creangă ,Mihail Sadoveanu ,Vasile Alecsandri , orNicolae Labiş , at some point in their life linked their name with that of the city by both studying and living in Fălticeni.Economy
The main industries of the city are chemical manufacture, hand-made glass, manufacturing soft drinks, clothing, and wood products.
Natives
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Aurel Băeşu
*Grigore Vasiliu Birlic
*Ştefan S. Gorovei
*Ion Irimescu
*Dimitrie Leonida
*Eugen Lovinescu
*Vasile Lovinescu
*Jules Cazaban
*Maria Olaru External links
* [http://www.nicugane.ro/ The "Nicu Gane" National College]
* [http://www.lovinestii.ro/ A site dedicated to the Lovinescu family]
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