Community: Ibăneşti
About Ibăneşti commune one cannot begin to speak without bringing into the spotlight the beauty of the natural environment where it is located. Situated in Vaslui County approximately 30 km of Barlad, the commune stretches at the foot of lofty hills, covered mostly by forest. The landscape's beauty does not seem to let you believe that you are in one of the poorest areas of the country. The commune is both young and old. And this is due to the fact that it has only a few years since it was re-established (February 1st 2004), but it functioned as an administrative entity in its own right until 1968. It is the first re-established commune in our county, after it has broken from the "body" of Alexandru Vlahuţă commune. The main argument was the great distance compared to the former communal center. In its componance there are three villages and a hamlet: Ibanesti, Puţul Olarului, Mânzaţi and Bohodeni. The commune's surface has 2.570 square km. It is a small commune, but beautiful, especially due to the natural e
In 1889, on one of the nearby lands of Mânzaţi village from this commune, researcher Grigore Ştefănescu discovered the fossilize skeleton of a mammoth of the species Deinotherium gigantissimum. This copy (photo 2), today one of the valuable parts of the Museum of Natural Sciences "Grigore Antipa" in Bucharest, is the only one complete in the world. In 2005, by a decision of Vaslui County Council, the land where the discovery took place became a paleontologic reserve of national interest.
History
The commune was re-established by no.859/17-12-2003 Decree published in the Official Gazette no. 913/19 December 2003. Ibăneşti was a commune until 1968 when it was disbanded by the communist regime abusively. At that time, the commune was composed also by Ghicani village which is currently part of Alexandru Vlahuţa commune. Mânzaţi village is the
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Local resources
In Ibăneşti there are around 670 households, with a total number of about 1.600 inhabitants. The commune's surface is of 2.570 square km. We cannot talk about the local resources without mentioning an extremely important aspect: in Ibăneşti was discovered the only sample in the whole world of „deinotherium gigantissimum“, an ancestor of the mammot
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Traditions
Relative isolation of settlements has contributed to major conservation of traditional values in the context of their authenticity.
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