Bălcăuți (Ukrainian: Белкеуць; also Балківці) is a commune located in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of three villages, namely: Bălcăuți, Gropeni, and Negostina.
At the 2011 Romanian census, 70.3% of inhabitants were Ukrainians and 29.6% Romanians. At the 2002 census, 74.4% were Eastern Orthodox, 6.9% stated they belonged to another religion, 6.3% were Seventh-day Adventist, 6.1% Greek Catholic and 4.5% Christian Evangelical.
Negostina
The village of Negostina (Ukrainian: Негостина) features an important community of Ukrainians of Romania, with folk festivals taking place there from time to time.[2]
Negostina hosts a bust of Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko, one of three in Romania. Every year, on March 9 and 10, Ukrainian and Romanian officials lay wreaths on the bust.[3]
1930 Romanian census
According to the Romanian census conducted in 1930, the population of Negostina was 1,957 inhabitants. Most of the inhabitants were Ruthenians (51.3%), with a minority of Germans/Bukovina Germans (1.94%), one of Jews (0.85%), one of Romanians (43.35%), one of Lipovans (1.96%) and one of Poles (0.6%). From a religious point of view, most of the inhabitants were Orthodox (95.8%), but there were also Greek Catholics (0.75%), Jews (0.85%), and Roman Catholics (2.3%). Other people declared to be Evangelicals/Lutherans (4 people) and Adventists (4 people).
2002 census
According to the 2002 Romanian census, the village had a population of 1474. 1095 (74.3%) declared Ukrainian nationality, while 371 (25.2%) declared Romanian nationality and 5 (0.3%) Polish nationality. As far as language 1118 (75.8%) declared Ukrainian language, while 347 (23.5%) declared Romanian language and 5 (0.3%) Polish nationality.
In 2002 the national composition was:[4]
| Nationality | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ukrainians | Romanians | Poles |
| 2002 | 1095 | 371 | 5 |
The declared language was:[5]
| Language | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ukrainian | Romanian | Polish |
| 2002 | 1118 | 347 | 5 |
Gallery
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Negostina's cultural center. -
Bust of Taras Shevchenko in Negostina. -
Building in Negostina.
References
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ Crai Nou, 22 martie 2005 - În luna martie, "ucrainenii sunt frați și surori"
- ^ "Local: Sute de credinciosi romani si ucraineni prezenti la Hramul Bisericii din Darmanesti II » Monitorul de Suceava - Miercuri, 24 iulie 2013", Monitorul De Suceava, retrieved 20 January 2018
- ^ "Recensământul Populaţiei şi al Locuinţelor" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ "Recensământul Populaţiei şi al Locuinţelor" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
External links
Media related to Bălcăuți commune, Suceava at Wikimedia Commons
