Suceava

Suceava
Municipality
Administrative Palace The Justice Palace Bukovina Museum Suceava railway station Fortress of Suceava Ștefan cel Mare University St. John of Nepomuk Church
Coat of arms
Location in Suceava County
Suceava Location of Suceava Suceava Suceava (Europe)
Coordinates: 47°39′05″N 26°15′20″E
Country	Romania
County	Suceava County
Status	County seat
Government
• Mayor (2024–2028)	Vasile Rîmbu (PSD)
Area
• Municipality	52.10 km2 (20.12 sq mi)
• Metro	473.29 km2 (182.74 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Municipality	84,308
• Density	1,618/km2 (4,191/sq mi)
	Romanian ethnic majority with a few smaller minority groups
Demonym(s)	sucevean, suceveancă (ro)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	Primăria Suceava (ro, en)

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Suceava (Romanian: [suˈtʃe̯ava] ^ⓘ) is a city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban settlement and county seat of Suceava County, with a population of 84,308 inhabitants according to the 2021 Romanian census.

During the Late Middle Ages, namely between 1388 and 1564 (or from the late 14th century to the late 16th century), this middle-sized town was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia. Later on, it became an important, strategically located commercial town of the Habsburg monarchy, Austrian Empire, and Austria-Hungary (formerly belonging to Cisleithania or the Austrian part of the dual monarchy) on the border with the Romanian Old Kingdom.

Nowadays, the town is known for its reconstructed medieval seat fortress (further rebuilt through the EU-funded Regio programme) and its UNESCO-recognized World Heritage Site Saint John the New Monastery (part of the Churches of Moldavia), both local and national tourist attractions. In addition, the Administrative Palace, a historic and civic building dating to imperial Austrian times and designed by Austrian architect Peter Paul Brang, is located in the historic town centre along with the Roman Catholic Saint John of Nepomuk church (one building facing the other). Suceava is also an academic centre of Romania, represented by the Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV).

Suceava is the 22nd largest Romanian city. The city's population increased exponentially during the second half of the 20th century, from just over 10,000 people in the late 1940s to over 100,000 in the early 1990s.