| Popricani | |
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| — Commune — | |
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Popricani
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Iaşi County |
| Population (2002)[1] | 6,735 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Popricani is a commune in Iaşi County, Romania, part of the Iaşi metropolitan area. It is composed of nine villages: Cârlig, Cotu Morii, Cuza Vodă, Moimeşti, Popricani, Rediu Mitropoliei, Ţipileşti, Vânători and Vulturi.
In November 2010, a mass grave dating from 1941 was discovered in the nearby forest of Vulturi. It is believed to contain the remains of up to a hundred Jewish men, women and children murdered by Romanian authorities contemporaneously with the nearby Iaşi pogrom.[2][3][4] It is the first such grave found in Romania since the 1945 discovery of 311 bodies at Stanca Roznovanu, also in the vicinity of Iaşi.[5][6]