Bălăbănești is a commune in Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bălăbănești, Lungești, Bursucani, and Zimbru. It also included two other villages until 2004, when they were split off to form Rădești Commune.
At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 1,863, of which 94.42% were Romanians.
Natives Ion Codreanu (1891–1960), major general during World War II Raicu Ionescu-Rion (1872–1895), literary critic and socialist commentator Gheorghe Tașcă (1875–1951), economist, lawyer, diplomat, politician, and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy
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