Frătăuții Vechi () is ătăuța commune located in Suceava County, Bukovina, northeastern Romania. It is composed of two villages: namely Frătăuții Vechi and Măneuți ().

From 1786 to 1941, Măneuți village was inhabited by the Székelys of Bukovina. During the 1780s, 16 ethnic German families settled in Frătăuții Vechi in the course of the Josephine colonization ().

Frătăuții Vechi

History

As it is the case of other rural settlements from the countryside of Suceava County, Frătăuții Vechi (just like Frătăuții Noi for example) was previously inhabited by a sizeable German community, more specifically by Bukovina Germans () during the modern period up until the mid 20th century, starting as early as the Habsburg period and, later on, the Austro-Hungarian period.

Frătăuții Vechi

Administration and local politics

Communal council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the 2020 Romanian local elections:

Frătăuții Vechi

Natives

Claudiu Isopescu - literary historian and translator

Dimitrie Isopescu - teacher and politician

Modest Isopescu - officer, administrator, and convicted war criminal

Petru Luhan - politician

Gallery

References

Communes in Suceava County

Localities in Southern Bukovina