| Type: | commune |
| County: | Suceava |
| Population Total: | auto |
| Moldovița | |
| Area Total Km2: | 249.24 |
| Coordinates: | 47.6833°N 58°W |
| Website: | Official site |
Moldovița is a commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of four villages: namely Argel, Demăcușa, Moldovița, and Rașca.
A Latin-rite Catholic Diocese of Moldovița with see here existed from 1418 to 1550.
According to the 2002 Romanian census, there were 5,021 people living in the commune. The national composition thereof was:
| Ethnicity in Moldovița (1930–2002) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Romanians | Ukrainians | Russians | Germans (Bukovina Germans) | Poles | Slovaks | Turks | Jews | |
| 1930 | 17.27% | 52.97% | 1.27% | 11.15% | 3.45% | - | - | 13.54% | |
| 2002 | 4763 (94.9%) | 209 (4.2%) | - | 37 (0.7%) | 5 (0.1%) | 4 (0.1%) | 1 (< 0.1%) | 1 (< 0.1%) | |
As for language, in 2002 the composition was:
| Language in Moldovița (2002) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Romanian | Ukrainian | German | Hungarian | |||
| 2002 | 4,839 (96.4%) | 167 (3.3%) | 12 (0.2%) | 1 (< 0.1%) | |||
The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections:[1]
| Party | Seats | Current Council | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 8 | |||||||||
| Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) | 3 | |||||||||
| PRO Romania (PRO) | 2 | |||||||||
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 1 | |||||||||
| People's Movement Party (PMP) | 1 | |||||||||