Ștefănești, Botoșani

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Ștefănești
Town
Ștefănești Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location in Botoșani County
Ștefănești Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°47′29″N 27°11′57″E / 47.79139°N 27.19917°E / 47.79139; 27.19917
Country	Romania
County	Botoșani
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Florin Buțura[1] (PNL)
Area	96.58 km2 (37.29 sq mi)
Elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	5,032
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	717385
Area code	(+40) 02 31
Vehicle reg.	BT
Website	orasulstefanesti-bt.ro

Ștefănești (Yiddish: שטעפנשט, Hebrew: שטפנשט) is a small town in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It administers four nearby villages: Bădiuți, Bobulești, Stânca and Ștefănești-Sat.

The town is located near the point where the Bașeu River discharges into the Prut River, on the shore of the Stânca-Costești reservoir. Stânca is a border checkpoint with Moldova, connected via the Stânca-Costești Dam to the town of Costești, Moldova.

According to the 2021 census, Ștefănești has a population of 5,032.^[3] At the census from 2011, the town had a population of 5,092; of those, 90.57% were ethnic Romanians and 9.3% ethnic Romani.^[4]

The painter Ștefan Luchian (1868–1916) was born here, as well as Vlad Onicescu, the father of the mathematician Octav Onicescu (1892–1983). The town is also the birthplace of the Shtefanesht Hasidic dynasty and as such its name is still known in present-day Israel.

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