Braniște, Rîșcani

Braniște is a commune in Rîșcani District, Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Avrămeni, Braniște, Reteni and Reteni-Vasileuți.

Notable people

 * Alexandru Moșanu (1932–2017), Romanian-Moldavian historian and politician
 * Boris Vieru (1957–2019), Moldovan politician
 * Leonid Tălmaci (born 1954), Moldovan politician, governor of the National Bank of Moldova