Scânteia is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bodești, Boroșești, Ciocârlești, Lunca Rateș, Rediu, Scânteia, and Tufeștii de Sus.
Natives Florin Lambagiu (born 1996), kickboxer Neculai Alexandru Ursu (1926–2016), linguist, philologist, and literary historian
Road accident
In 2009, Romania's deadliest road accident for fifteen years, a bus and train collision, killed at least 13 people in Scânteia.
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