Mihăileni,_Botoşani
Mihăileni, Botoșani
Commune in Botoșani County, Romania
Mihăileni is a commune in Botoșani County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Mihăileni, Pârâu Negru and Rogojești, with a total population of 2,283 as of 2011.
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Rogojești and the former village of Sinăuții de Jos (now part of Mihăileni) are located in Bukovina, while the rest of Mihăileni and Pârâu Negru are in Western Moldavia.[citation needed] Mihăileni was established in 1792, subsequent to the opening of a customs checkpoint between Austria and Moldavia.[2]
At the 2011 census, 83.4% of inhabitants were Romanians and 14.3% Ukrainians. At the 2002 census, 89% were Romanian Orthodox and 8.7% Pentecostal.