Cucuteni

Cucuteni
Cucuteni
Commune
	Archaeological Reserve of Cucuteni
	Location in Iași County
	Cucuteni Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 47°16′N 26°56′E / 47.267°N 26.933°E
Country	Romania
County	Iași
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Pamfilică Brânză (PSD)
Area	28.22 km2 (10.90 sq mi)
Elevation	228 m (748 ft)
Population (2021-12-01)	1,103
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	707150
Vehicle reg.	IS
Website	primariacucuteni.ro

Cucuteni (Romanian pronunciation: [kukuˈtenʲ]) is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 1,446 as of 2002. The commune is composed of four villages: Băiceni, Bărbătești, Cucuteni, and Săcărești.

It is located 55 km (34 mi) from the city of Iași and 8 km (5.0 mi) from the town of Târgu Frumos. Neighbouring villages and communes are Todirești (to the north), Târgu Frumos and Cotnari (to the east) and Ruginoasa (to the west). The name of Cucuteni village is derived from the Romanian word "cucută", meaning hemlock.

The Cucuteni culture artifacts

Dacian helmet from Cucuteni Baiceni Royal Tomb^[3]^[4]

A trove of ancient artifacts was discovered in Cucuteni in 1884. It was determined that these artifacts had been produced by an ancient people whose existence and culture had previously been unknown to modern scholars. Those scholars named the newly discovered ancient culture the Cucuteni culture, after the name of the village in which artifacts of that culture had first been discovered.

In Cucuteni village there is an archeological museum displaying artifacts of the Cucuteni culture, as well as a church built in the 15th century during the rule of Stephen III of Moldavia. The Archaeological Reserve of Cucuteni is under the direct coordination of Moldavia's History Museum.