Șcheia, Suceava

Commune in Suceava, Romania

Coat of arms

Location in Suceava County

(2020–2024) Vasile Andriciuc^[1] (PNL)Area

58.3 km² (22.5 sq mi)Elevation

318 m (1,043 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

12,792 • Density220/km² (570/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

727525

Area code+(40) 230Vehicle reg.SVWebsitewww.primariascheia.ro

Șcheia (German: Skeja) is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of five villages: namely Florinta, Mihoveni, Sfântu Ilie, Șcheia, and Trei Movile.

Politics and administration

The commune's current local council has the following multi-party political composition, based on the results of the ballots cast at the 2020 Romanian local elections:^[3]

	Party	Seats	Current Council
	National Liberal Party (PNL)	5
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	5
	People's Movement Party (PMP)	4
	Save Romania Union (USR)	2
	PRO Romania (PRO)	1

Natives

Neculai Nichitean (born 1969), former rugby union football player
Vasile Tarnavschi (1859 – 1945), theologian

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2020-11-02.