According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, Moldova is divided administratively into the following administrative territorial units: districts, cities/towns and villages. The administrative territorial organization of Moldova is made on 2 levels:
- villages (communes), sectors and cities/towns (municipalities) constitute the first level,
- districts, Chișinău municipality, Bălți municipality and Bender municipality constitute the second level.
Mileștii Mici is a commune in Ialoveni District, Moldova, composed of two villages, Mileștii Mici and Piatra Albă. It has a population of over 4,500 and is 18 km from Chişinău. For much of its history, the locals have extracted white stone from underneath the village. Several hundred kilometers of the underground extraction site exist today. Some of the shafts are used as cellars for storing Milestii Mici wines.
Cocieri is a commune in the Republic of Moldova, and the administrative center of Dubăsari District. It is located on the eastern bank of the Dniester River, consisting of two villages, Cocieri and Vasilievca.
Giurgiulești is a commune in the Cahul District of Moldova. It is also a border crossing point to Romania, located 10 km (6.2 mi) from Galați.
Mereșeni is a commune in Hînceşti District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Mereșeni and Sărata-Mereșeni.
Mirești is a commune in Hînceşti District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Chetroșeni and Mirești.
Ivanovca is a commune in Hînceşti District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Costești, Frasin and Ivanovca.
Sărata-Galbenă is a commune in Hîncești District, Moldova. It is composed of five villages: Brătianovca, Cărpineanca, Coroliovca, Sărata-Galbenă and Valea Florii. Its existence was first documented in 1609.
Bucovăț is a town in Strășeni district, Moldova. One village is administered by the town, Rassvet.
Durlești is a town in Chișinău municipality, Moldova.
Moara de Piatră is a village in Drochia District, Moldova. At the 2004 census, the commune had 1,659 inhabitants.
Fîntînița is a commune in Drochia District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Fîntîniţa and Ghizdita, loc. st.c.f.. At the 2004 census, the commune had 1,405 inhabitants.
Trușeni is a commune in Chișinău Municipality, Moldova. It had a population of 7,952 at the 2004 Moldovan Census, and is a northwest suburb of the city. The commune is composed of two villages, Dumbrava and Trușeni.
Bulăiești is a commune and village in Orhei District, Moldova.
Grinăuți-Moldova is a commune in Ocnița District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Grinăuți-Moldova, Grinăuți-Raia and Rediul Mare station.
Petrești is a commune in Ungheni District, Republic of Moldova. It is composed from three villages: com.Petrești, Petrești station and Medeleni.Have a population about 5-6 thousands people.
Cosăuți is a commune in Soroca District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Cosăuți and Iorjnița. The commune is located on the Moldovan border with Ukraine, near the city of Yampil.
Western Moldavia, also called Moldavia or Romanian Moldavia, is the historic and geographical part of the former Principality of Moldavia situated in eastern and north-eastern Romania. Until its union with Wallachia in 1859, the Principality of Moldavia also included, at various times in its history, the regions of Bessarabia, all of Bukovina, and Hertza; the larger part of the former is nowadays the independent state of Moldova, while the rest of it, the northern part of Bukovina, and Hertza form territories of Ukraine.
According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, two or more villages can form together a commune.
