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Pașcani

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Country
  
Romania

Status
  
Municipality

Local time
  
Saturday 10:43 AM

County
  
Iași County

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Area
  
75.42 km²

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Weather
  
8°C, Wind N at 11 km/h, 62% Humidity

Pașcani ([paʃˈkanʲ]) is a city in Iași County in the Moldavia region of Romania, on the Siret river. As of 2011, it has a population of 33,745. Five villages are administered by the city: Blăgești, Boșteni, Gâstești, Lunca and Sodomeni.

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Map of Pa%C8%99cani, Romania

The city derived its name from the estate of the boyar Oană Pașca. It is the city where Mihail Sadoveanu's novel The Place Where Nothing Happened takes place. An important local site is the Church of the Holy Archangels.

Natives

  • Visarion Puiu
  • Mihail Sadoveanu
  • Ion Vasilenco
  • References

    Pașcani Wikipedia