Bălcăuți (Ukrainian: Белкеуць; also Балківці) is a commune located in Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania.

At the 2002 census, 74.4% were Eastern Orthodox, 6.9% stated they belonged to another religion, 6.3% were Seventh-day Adventist, 6.1% Greek Catholic and 4.5% Christian Evangelical.

[2] Negostina hosts a bust of Ukrainian national poet Taras Shevchenko, one of three in Romania.

Every year, on March 9 and 10, Ukrainian and Romanian officials lay wreaths on the bust.

Most of the inhabitants were Ruthenians (51.3%), with a minority of Germans/Bukovina Germans (1.94%), one of Jews (0.85%), one of Romanians (43.35%), one of Lipovans (1.96%) and one of Poles (0.6%).