It is composed of five villages: Alexăndreni, Grigorești, Heciul Vechi, Țiplești and Țipletești.
[3] The village of Alexăndreni was established in 1837 as a Jewish agricultural colony, with Jews remaining as the majority of population prior to World War II.
More Bessarabians migrated to what is now the Alexăndreni Commune when Romania lost the territory again in 1944 after recapturing it in 1941.
[4] The Commune is primarily an agricultural area, with a per capita GDP (PPP) of approximately $2300.
Its technology spans from seed selection and management, soil fertilization and cultivation, to mechanized harvesting.Südzucker Moldova SA website (English)[permanent dead link] Alexăndreni Commune's energy supply, like that of the rest of the Republic of Moldova, depends almost totally (98%) from energy supply from outside its borders.