BelceÃÂti is a commune in IaÃÂi County, Western Moldavia, Romania. One of the county's largest communes, with a population of 10,231 as of 2021, it is composed of six villages: BelceÃÂti, Liteni, Munteni, Satu Nou, Tansa, and Ulmi.
The commune lies on the Moldavian Plateau, at an altitude of , on the banks of the Bahlui River. It is located northwest of the county seat, IaÃÂi, on the IaÃÂi–Podu Iloaiei–HârlÃÂu line.
In the vicinity of BelceÃÂti, the important Tansa-BelceÃÂti dam was built on the Bahlui River in order to prevent flooding. Most BelceÃÂti residents work in agriculture, with fishing another livelihood.
BelceÃÂti was first mentioned in historical documents in 1420. BelceÃÂti's citizens appear again in the historical documents of Moldavia on April 5, 1448, under the reign of Petru MuÃÂat. On May 12, 1489, BelceÃÂti appears in the historical documents of Moldavia with the royal church and court between the villages given by Stephen the Great to the boyars Negrescu and IvaÃÂcu.
In the documents that are at the State Archives of IaÃÂi, it is mentioned that the ruler Petru ÃÂchiopu on 4 February 1579 gave the village of BelceÃÂti with all the mills, to Galata Monastery in IaÃÂi. Another village component of the commune, Ulmi, was also given by Petru ÃÂchiopu to St. Paraskevi Monastery in IaÃÂi, but the first document of giving was not preserved. So it is that the first mention about the village of Ulmi appears On August 2, 1597, during the reign of Ieremia MovilÃÂ.
This documentary attestation is preceded by various vestiges belonging to older times, such as the coins discovered in BelceÃÂti during the reign of Alexander the Good (1400–1432). In the documents arrived to us, it is specified that the decision of these villages was preserved "from the age" suggesting the idea that at the time of their elaboration the villages were old.
At first, at its appearance, BelceÃÂti was situated at east of the current village Ulmi, and between 1805 and 1820 a part of the inhabitants moved to the left side of Bahlui River forming the village VÃÂleni — the other villages being formed by impropriety and swarming.