Lețcani Explained

Type:commune
County:Iași
Lețcani
Leader Name:Stelian Turcu
Leader Party:PNL
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Coordinates:47.1833°N 52°W
Elevation:81
Area Total:58.55
Population Total:auto
Postal Code:707280
Area Code:+(40) 232

Lețcani is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania, part of the Iași metropolitan area. It is composed of four villages: Bogonos, Cogeasca, Cucuteni and Lețcani.

The commune is situated on the Moldavian Plateau, at an altitude of . It lies on the banks of the river Bahlui and its right tributary, the river Voinești; the river Săuzeni flows into the Voinești in Cogeasca.

Among historians and archaeologists, Lețcani is famous as the place where one of the very few known Gothic runic inscriptions was found, on a spindle whorl dated to the 4th century.

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