Mușenița
# Mușenița

Mușenița is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of five villages, namely: Baineț (the commune center), Climăuți, Mușenița, Vășcăuți, and Vicșani.

The commune is located in the northeastern part of the county, on the border with Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine, at a distance of 12 km (7.5 mi) from the town of Siret. The river Ruda flows through Baineț and Vicșani villages, discharging into the Suceava River in the neighboring Dornești commune, while the river Grăvan flows through Vășcăuți village, discharging into the Siret River.

Vicșani railway station serves the Căile Ferate Române Line 500, which starts in Bucharest and ends at the Romania–Ukraine border here.

The Mușenița gas field is located on the territory of the commune.

## Administration and local politics

### Communal council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections:

| Party | Seats |
| - | - |
| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 7 |
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 1 |
| People's Movement Party (PMP) | 1 |
| PRO Romania (PRO) | 1 |
| Community of the Lipovan Russians in Romania (CRL) | 1 |

## Notable people

* Otto Babiasch, German-Romanian (of Bukovina German origin) Olympic boxer
* Nichita Danilov, Russian-Romanian poet (of Lipovan origin)
* Dumitru Ivanov, Romanian rower

## Gallery

* The Roman Catholic church in Baineț
* Lipovan Orthodox church in Climăuți
* Roman Catholic church in Vicșani
* The old wooden church in Mușenița
