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20-463: Fălticeni covers an area of 28.76 km (11.10 sq mi), of which 25% are orchards and lakes, and it administers two villages: Șoldănești and Țarna Mare. It was the capital of former Baia County (1929–1950). The town is known for the high number of Romanian writers, artists, and scientists who were born, lived, studied, or have created here. Fălticeni is located in the southern part of Suceava County, 25 km (16 mi) away from Suceava ,

40-545: A memorial museum in Fălticeni, House of Notable People ( Galeria Oamenilor de Seamă ). The museum was opened in 1972 and represents a synthesis of the city's cultural and intellectual life. Classics of Romanian literature , such as Ion Creangă , Mihail Sadoveanu , Vasile Alecsandri , or Nicolae Labiș , at some point in their life linked their name with that of the city by both studying and living in Fălticeni. Mihail Sadoveanu Memorial House ( Casa memorială "Mihail Sadoveanu" )

60-482: Is a historic monument, dating from the middle of the 19th century and had various destinations until 1974, when it was given to the art museum. In 1974 Ion Irimescu took the initiative to establish the museum, at first as a department of the Town Museum and made some donations. Later the value of the collection grew, currently being the richest author collection, and in 1991 an independent museum emerged. It comprises

80-502: Is a museum founded in 1987 in Fălticeni, in the house where Mihail Sadoveanu lived and created between 1909 and 1918. The main industries of the city are chemical manufacture, hand-made glass, manufacturing soft drinks, clothing, and wood products. Also the fishing industry is one of the oldest base industry in the city. Most of these industries have died down after the Communist era. Not born in Fălticeni, but artistically active there

100-469: The 2021 census , the city had a population of 23,902; of those, 85.26% were Romanians and 1.51% Roma. There are four museums in Fălticeni. Ion Irimescu Art Museum ( Muzeul de Artă "Ion Irimescu" ) houses the largest collection of works of art by a single artist, Ion Irimescu , one of Romania's greatest sculptors and sketchers, as well as a member of the Romanian Academy . The museum building

120-602: The Faltishan (Yiddish for Fălticeni) Hasidic dynasty was founded in Fălticeni, by Rabbi Eluzar Twersky , a scion of the Skver Hasidic sect, and part of the prestigious royal Hasidic Twersky family. Today they are Jewish communities in Brooklyn , New York carrying on the name Faltishan, led by Rabbi Twersky's descendants. Fălticeni reached its peak population in 1992, when almost 33,000 people were living within

140-671: The French zoologists Louis Fage (1883–1964), Édouard Chatton (1883–1947), Charles Pérez (1873–1952) and Jules Richard (1863–1945). On the intervention of Grigore Antipa (1867–1944), in 1940 Băcescu was transferred from the University of Iaşi to the National Museum of Natural History in Bucharest. He worked there until the end of his life, and headed the museum for nearly thirty years. He held various other positions in

160-658: The city limits. As of 2016, the town of Fălticeni was the third largest urban settlement in Suceava County , after the county capital, Suceava , and the town of Rădăuți . According to the 2011 census data, 24,619 inhabitants lived in Fălticeni, a decrease from the figure recorded at the 2002 census, when the city had a population of 29,787 inhabitants. In 2011, of the city total population, 98.15% were ethnic Romanians , 0.76% Roma , 0.75% Russians (including Lipovans ), 0.07% Hungarians , 0.04% Germans (namely, Regat Germans ), 0.02% Ukrainians , and 0.01% Poles . At

180-533: The county seat. The European route E85 crosses the city. Fălticeni is connected to the Romanian national railway system, through Dolhasca train station (24 km away). The city of Roman is 80 km (50 mi) to the south, on the E85 road. The town's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections : The earliest written mention of

200-414: The county's urban population was ethnically 76.6% Romanian, 19.7% Jewish, 1.3% German, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population had the following structure: 76.5% Eastern Orthodox, 20.3% Jewish, 2.4% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities. Mihai B%C4%83cescu Mihai Băcescu (28 March 1908 – 6 August 1999) was a Romanian zoologist. Mihai Băcescu

220-849: The fields of marine research and fisheries in Romania. Băcescu participated in several scientific expeditions to the coasts of Peru and Chile (1965), Mauritania (1975), Arabia (1977) and Tanzania (1973–1974). Bacescu founded the Museum of Falticeni. He was a member of the Romanian Academy, and of the French Society of Zoology and Director of the Institute of Oceanography Albert 1er in Monaco. He died in Bucharest on 6 August 1999. Băcescu issued nearly 480 publications on all types of animals. He

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240-438: The most representative works by the sculptor Ion Irimescu: 313 sculptures and 1000 drawings: portraits, compositions, monument project carried out in the rondebosse or alterorelief technique, in gypsum, wood, terracotta, marble, bronze works of graphics especially donated to the museum by the author. The museum also includes the artist's personal library (1500 volumes). Mihai Băcescu Water Museum ( Muzeul Apelor "Mihai Băcescu" )

260-626: The name of the town to Fălticeni. Fălticeni was bombed by the Bolsheviks during World War I . Before World War I, Fălticeni was the capital of the Romanian Old Kingdom ’s Suceava County. After the Union of Bukovina with Romania and an administrative reform from 1925, Fălticeni became the capital of Baia County , remaining as such until 1950. Since the revival of counties in 1968, the city has been part of Suceava County. In 1921

280-611: The village Folticeni is from March 1490, and the second from March 1554, when Moldavian Prince Alexandru Lăpuşneanu awarded the estate and the village bearing the aforesaid name to Moldovița Monastery. Fălticeni was first mentioned as an urban settlement in August 1780 as Târgul Șoldănești ( Șoldănești Market ), after the name of a local boyar 's estate, in a document issued by the chancellery of Prince Constantin Moruzi . In March 1826, an edict issued by Prince Ioan Sturdza changed

300-474: Was also: Baia County Baia County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia , Romania . The county seat was Fălticeni . In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Prut , but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II 's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communist regime . Baia County covered 3,353 km and

320-674: Was born in Broșteni, Suceava , northern Romania on 28 March 1906. He was orphaned at the age of four. He entered university in 1933, and five years later published a thesis on Romanian Mysidacea . He won a scholarship to France in 1939 and worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, at the Marine Biological Stations at Banyuls-sur-Mer and at Roscoff . He met

340-487: Was divided into two new districts: According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 157,501 inhabitants, consisting of 91.8% Romanians, 4.8% Jews, 1.2% Romanies, 0.6% Germans, as well as other minorities. As a mother tongue 93.5% spoke Romanian, 3.7% Yiddish, 0.7% Romany, 0.6% German, as well as other minorities. From a religious point of view, the population consisted of 92.9% Eastern Orthodox, 4.9% Jewish, 1.0% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities. In 1930,

360-635: Was founded in 1982 by the Romanian zoologist Mihai Băcescu , who was also a member of the Romanian Academy. This museum of natural sciences represents the enhancement and the development of the first museum established in Fălticeni, in 1914, by the professor Vasile Ciurea. Fălticeni is the hometown of the Lovinescu family, which gave Romania four of its most distinguished men of letters of the 20th century: literary critic Eugen Lovinescu , playwright Horia Lovinescu, esoterist Vasile Lovinescu and novelist Anton Holban . The Lovinescu family contributed to founding

380-532: Was interested in their morphology, taxonomy and zoogeography, and also in the protection of species and in their relationship with humans. His main specializations were the Mysidacea , Cumacea and Tanaidacea , of which he described more than three hundred new taxa including several families. He was also the author of numerous books on the ecology of the Black Sea, the fauna of Romania, bioethnology, etc.. As

400-542: Was located in Moldavia . Currently, the territory that comprised Baia County is now included in the Suceava County , Iași County and Neamț County . In the interwar period , the county neighbored Câmpulung and Suceava counties to the north, Botoșani to the northeast, Iași to the east, Roman to the south, and Neamț counties to the west. Administratively, Baia County was originally divided into three districts ( plăși ): Subsequently, Plasa Moldova district

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