Scoreni is a commune located in Străşeni district, Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

, composed of a single village, Scoreni. It neighbors the following communities: Cojuşna

Cojuşna

Cojuşna is a commune in Străşeni district, Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Cojuşna....

, Căpriana

Căpriana

Căpriana is a commune in Străşeni district, Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Căpriana, and is the site of Căpriana monastery....

, from Străşeni, Condriţa

Condriţa

Condriţa is a commune in Chişinău municipality, Moldova. It is composed of a single village, Condriţa....

, Truşeni

Truşeni

Truşeni is a commune in Chişinău municipality, Moldova. It had a population of 7,952 at the 2004 Moldovan Census, and is a northwest suburb of the city. The communes is composed of two villages, Truşeni, population 7,546, and Dumbrava, population 406....

, suburbs of Chişinău County

Chişinău County

Chişinău was a county of Moldova from 1998 to 2003. Its population in 2003 was 382,400. Its capital was Chişinău.-External links:* , Statoids.com...

 (Chişinău

Chisinau

Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...

), and Străşeni

Straseni

Străşeni is a city of about 20,000 inhabitants in central Moldova, the administrative center of Străşeni District. The city administers one village, Făgureni. There are several legends about its name...

. Scoreni is famous because of its well-developed barrel crafting industry. Scoreni is known as a good starting point for hiking excursions because it is surrounded by woods and various other landscape features.

Public institutions

The "Universul" public school serves the village exclusively and is attended by over 500 children; around 30 teachers teach there. The school was built in the late 1980s and is still in a good condition, lately benefiting from European funds for complete renovation and installation of a natural gas heating system. The village has 8 shops, a drugstore, a day-care and a consulting clinic, all built in the late 1980s.
The city hall is located in an old Soviet-type building in the center of the village not far from the school, on the main street.