Straja

Straja is a commune in Suceava County, Bukovina, Romania. It consists of a unmarried village, Straja. The first document testifying the existence of Straja dates seeing that 1750. Part of Bukovina, it changed into below Austrian rule until 1918. In 2011, Straja had a populace of five,094, mainly Romanian, and the essential religion is Orthodoxy. In 1930, in keeping with the census taken in that 12 months, Straja had a population of four,662, of whom 4,338 were classified as ethnically Romanian, 137 German, 134 Jewish, 29 Russian, and 15 Polish.

The numbers through religion were 4,359 Orthodox, 145 Roman Catholic, 134 Jewish, thirteen Lutheran, 10 Greek Catholic, and 1 Baptist. Straja is situated within the northern part of Suceava county, in the Radauți valley and is at the banks of the Suceava River. The northern fringe of the commune is a part of Romania's border with Ukraine. Straja has a station at the Suceava to Nisipitu railway line, which traverses the commune from east to west.