Scânteia is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bodești, Boroșești, Ciocârlești, Lunca Rateș, Rediu, Scânteia, and Tufeștii de Sus.

• Florin Lambagiu (born 1996), kickboxer
• Neculai Alexandru Ursu (1926–2016), linguist, philologist, and literary historian

In 2009, Romania's deadliest road accident for fifteen years, a bus and train collision, killed at least 13 people in Scânteia.