Rădăuți-Prut

Rădăuţi-Prut
Location of Rădăuţi-Prut, Botoşani
Country	Romania
County	Botoşani County
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Rădăuţi-Prut is a commune in Botoşani County, Romania, composed of three villages: Miorcani, Rădăuţi-Prut and Rediu. It was seriously affected by floods in July 2008.

Rădăuţi-Prut is also a border crossing point between Moldova and Romania.

A sample of Miorcani flint from the Cenomanian chalky marl layer of the Moldavian Plateau. (ca. 7.5 cm wide)

The only modern flint mine in Romania is located at the edge of Miorcani. Although archaeological evidence indicates that flint from this formation was collected from the Prut, Raut and Dniester rivers as early as the Palaeolithic, there is yet no evidence of mining the material until the 19th century. The nodules of flint extracted from the Miorcani flint mines are used to help grind sand for use in glass and ceramics production. The mines are currently administrated by Mindo S.A.

See also

• Lipcani-Rădăuți Bridge

Coordinates: 48°14′N 26°48′E / 48.233°N 26.800°E / 48.233; 26.800

Botoșani County, Romania
Cities	Botoșani (county seat) Dorohoi
Towns	Bucecea Darabani Flămânzi Săveni Ștefănești
Communes	Adășeni Albești Avrămeni Bălușeni Blândești Brăești Broscăuți Călărași Cândești Concești Copălău Cordăreni Corlăteni Corni Coșula Coțușca Cristești Cristinești Curtești Dersca Dângeni Dimăcheni Dobârceni Drăgușeni Durnești Frumușica George Enescu Gorbănești Havârna Hănești Hilișeu-Horia Hlipiceni Hudești Ibănești Leorda Lozna Lunca Manoleasa Mihai Eminescu Mihăileni Mihălășeni Mileanca Mitoc Nicșeni Păltiniș Pomârla Prăjeni Rădăuți-Prut Răchiți Răuseni Ripiceni Roma Românești Santa Mare Stăuceni Suharău Sulița Șendriceni Știubieni Todireni Trușești Tudora Ungureni Unțeni Văculești Viișoara Vârfu Câmpului Vlădeni Vlăsinești Vorniceni Vorona

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