Briceni District Raionul Briceni | |
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| Country |  Republic of Moldova |
| Administrative center (oraș-reședință) | Briceni |
| Established | 2002 |
| Government | |
| • Raion president | Efimia Bendulac (PLDM), since 2011 |
| Area | |
• Total | 814 km2 (314 sq mi) |
| • Water | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) 2.58% |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 70,029 |
| • Density | 86.0/km2 (223/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Area code | +373 47 |
| Car plates | BR |
| Website | www.briceni.md |
Briceni (Romanian pronunciation: [briˈtʃenʲ]) is a district (Romanian:raion) in the north-west ofMoldova, with the administrative center atBriceni. The other major city isLipcani. As of January 1, 2011, its population was 75,300.
The first documentary attestation dates back to district towns June 17, 1429. Such localities:Lipcani,Larga,Mihăileni,Șirăuți are mentioned first in the period 1429–1433. In July 1429, reign of MoldovaAlexander the Good Dan Uncleata had established him several villages in the region of the district today. In 1562 is first attested Briceni city under the name of the land Adicăuți,Hotin, which gave him hisDespot Voda to Vartic.LipcaniTatars in 1699 are displaced living in the city which they called, being displaced toKamianets-Podilskyi. In 1788 Austrian military administration Briceni found in 56 households. In 1812 after theTreaty of Bucharest, Moldova is occupied byRussian Empire in the period 1812-1918 as the district is under Russian administration. In 1877 the region is experiencing an epidemic of plague. In 1882 a drought strikes the district. In 1897 the city population Briceni of 7446, 96.5% wereJewish. In 1918 with theUnion of Bessarabia with Romania entering the land Hotin district region. In 1940 theMolotov–Ribbentrop Pact withBessarabia Briceni is occupied by theUSSR. In 2004 the population was 78.400 inhabitants of the district.
Located in the extreme northwest of the Republic of Moldova, the district bordersUkraine in the north,Ocnița District in the east,Edineț District in the south, andRomania in the west, across the riverPrut.Criva village located in the district is the western point of the Republic of Moldova coordinates: 48 ° 16'20 "N 26 ° 40'23" E.District located on the Plateau of Moldavia, has arelief with a mean fragmentation. With a low land sliding process. Maximum altitude in the district is located near the villageBălcăuți, reaching heights of 260 m.
The "Toltrele Prutului" is a chain of limestone formations in the southwestern part of the district, crossed by the riversVilia andLopatnic. Although they are subject to human intervention Toltrel preserves a significant part of its former beauty, left a legacy of theSarmatian sea andTortona sea, 15-20 million years ago.
The climate istemperate with rainfall district 600–650 mm high, sometimes 800 mm and average temperature of 8 °C (46 °F). In summer the average temperature is 19.5 °C (67 °F), in winter −5.5 °C (22 °F). After the national average district has the highest annual amount of precipitation.
Situated in the extreme northwest ofMoldova, Emil Racoviță Cave has a total length of 90.2 km underground labyrinths, is the third largestgypsum cave in Europe. It was discovered in 1959 after an explosion in the villageCriva gypsum quarry. In 1977 the first scientific investigations are undertaken. In 1991 Moldova adopted the Government Decision no. 664 "On state protection ofkarst cave near the village of Criva." Cave is the labyrinth, the cave is СО2 concentration increased in some areas reaching up to 2-4%. Galleries, most of them have walls covered with fine clays of different colors in total agreement with shades of white, pink, red, black or blue covering plaster walls. Contrast increased and two deep wells which, together with over 20 underground lakes, form a unique ensemble created by nature.
Fauna of the district is typical of Europeanforest steppe, characterized by:hare,hedgehog,squirrel,fox,stone marten,weasel, lessdeer,wild boar,badger and rarelyelk.Of birds, there are:skylark,blackbird,quail,stork,starling, lesspartridges andpheasant.
Forests occupy 10.0% of district. There are:English oak,maple,birch andmugwort. Of plants, there are:fescue,nettle,clover,peony and more.
The main rivers that cross the district are:Vilia, Larga,Lopatnic (57 km), but riversRacovăț (68 km) andDraghiște (67 km) crossing in the upper. Briceni District is in thePrut river basin. Most lakes are of artificial origin.
1 January 2012 the district population was 74,700 of which 20.6%urban and 79.4%rural population.
| Ethnic group | % of total |
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| Moldovans* | 72.6 |
| Ukrainians | 22.5 |
| Russians | 2.3 |
| Romanians* | 2.0 |
| Romani | 0.2 |
| Gagauz | 0.1 |
| Bulgarians | 0.1 |
| Other | 0.3 |
| Undeclared | 1.21 |
| Religion | Adherents (2004) | % of total (2004) | Adherents (2014) | % of total (2014) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christianity: (total) | 65,431 | 83.82% | ||
| Orthodox Christians | 62,181 | 79.69% | 49,958 | |
| Protestants: (total) | 3,218 | 4.12% | ||
| →Jehovah's Witnesses | − | − | 4,660 | |
| →Pentecostals | 1,796 | 2.30% | 2,221 | |
| →Evangelicals | 84 | 0.11% | 622 | |
| →Baptists | 794 | 1.02% | 579 | |
| →Seventh-day Adventists | 520 | 0.67% | 418 | |
| Other religions | 6,184 | 7.92% | 93 | |
| Atheists | 132 | 0.17% | 77 | |
| No religion | 3,269 | 4.18% | − | − |
| Undeclared | 3,011 | 3.86% | 11,962 |
Briceni District in the National Development Complex of the Republic of Moldova, is presented as an agrarian-industrial district. In 2004, 20,000 were active economic agents, including industrial enterprises of 1070, 18,000 peasant farms,joint stock companies 27, 185limited liability companies,cooperatives 32, 20 trade enterprises, 19 state companies, insurance associations 20 associations households peasant 2 and budgetary organizations 186.
Agriculture is the main economic branch of the district dominated by increasing crops such assugar beet andtobacco. Andcereal crops:wheat,barley andoats. Orchards have an important part of global agricultural production is grown mainly district:apple,cherry,plum and more.
Transportation Briceni is divided between transport drivers transporting people and goods to introduce lesser extent, its main routes are inter-district,Chișinău,Bălți andChernovtsy. Rail node is based on Lipcani ensure primarily to carry goods and fuel.
As in other northern districts of theNorth Red in the last election in theParty of Communists of the Republic of Moldova gathered during 2001–2009 over 50% of votes. But the elections of2010,Communists won the elections with only 0.26%AEI.
During the last three elections AEI had an increase of 91.7%.
| Year | AEI | PCRM |
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| 2010 | 46.97%16,045 | 47.23%16,132 |
| July 2009 | 38.59%13,586 | 57.61%20,281 |
| April 2009 | 24.64%8,367 | 64.07%21,750 |
| Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | +/− | |
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| Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova | 16,132 | 47.23 | −10.38 | |
| Democratic Party of Moldova | 7,245 | 21,21 | +6.58 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova | 5,964 | 17.46 | +7.86 | |
| Liberal Party | 1,468 | 4.30 | −2.97 | |
| Party Alliance Our Moldova | 1,368 | 4.00 | −3.09 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 615 | 1.80 | +0.48 | |
| Other Party | 1,348 | 3.91 | +0.11 | |
| Total (turnout 59.00%) | 34,484 | 100.00 | ||
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The district operates 31 houses and homes of culture, 32 public libraries, five schools of arts education, which includes 154 employees.Most houses, libraries, art schools have a good basic material, cultural institutions headquarters remain in an exemplary cleaning. Most cultural events are organized by the homes of culture, library and music school in the village ofLarga, the homes of culture in the villagesDrepcăuți,Balasinești,Tețcani.Noted that a number of artistic groups, who the honorary title "model" of rural district participated in various festivals, competitions, both national, and international. Dances from the village collectives and wide band "Izvoras" villageColicăuți became winners of the 32nd edition of "La hore hearth."Vocal-instrumental ensemble "Amor" village festival Drepcăuți became laureate of contest "harmonies fall."Recently, the folk dance team "Marinca" from the village participated in international festival Larga choreography "Vesennie arabeski" held in theLuhansk Oblast, Ukraine, where he won the title oflaureate of the prestigious international festival.In district 28 artistic groups working with the honorary title "model".
In Briceni District registered 196 sports facilities and two stadiums: those ofLarga andDrepcăuți. In Briceni began renovated stadium. Specialized finishes Olympic Boxing Centre in the villageGrimăncăuți. In 29 sports halls and courts have held 160 training and sports competitions. Good results are recorded by the School no. 2 Briceni schools Grimăncăuți,Medveja, other. Medveja School performance results have Grimăncăuți boxers, Briceni (coach Peter Caduc obsolete master emeritus in sport). In the period 1979-2004 were trained 30 champions of the republic among the juniors and cadets. School has given over 30 national championships between junior champions. Were training 7 medals at the European Championships, European Cups and theOlympics. The highest recorded performance was byVitalie Grușac, who won abronze medal at theSydney Olympics (2000) and qualified for the2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens.
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