Belceşti is a commune in Iaşi County

Iasi County

Iași is a county of Romania, in Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași.-Demographics:As of 1 July 2007, Iași County had a population of 825,100, making it the second most populous county in Romania after Bucharest, with a population density of 150/km².*Romanians - 98.1%*Roma -...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, situated on the Bahlui

Bahlui

The Bahlui is the largest river of Iaşi County, in eastern Romania. Its name is derived from Cuman and it means "muddy river". The Bahlui river has a length of 119 km and an average volume flowing of about 2.8 m³/s...

 River 44 km from Iaşi

Iasi

Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life...

. One of the county's largest largest communes, with a population of 11,179 in 2002, it is composed of six villages: Belceşti, Liteni, Munteni, Satu Nou, Tansa, and Ulmi.

In the vicinity of Belceşti, the important Tansa-Belceşti dam was built on the Bahlui River in order to prevent flooding. Most Belceşti residents work in agriculture, with fishing another livelihood.