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Briceni

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Briceni

Total population

9,800

Air quality index

34Good

Elevation39 m

Land area10.01 km²

Coordinates48.36°, 27.70°

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City facts

Elevation

39 m

Area

10.01 km²

Official website

www.brichen.info

Sister cities

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Briceni is a city in northern Moldova. It is the seat of Briceni District.

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History & geography

History

On 5 December 2022, during a Russian bombing campaign against Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, a missile fell within the borders of Moldova into an orchard near Briceni. On 16 February 2023, another missile fell into the village of Larga. As a result of this incident, residents of Briceni expressed fear.

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Geography

Latitude

48.3553

Longitude

27.7030

Water area

—

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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good

34

PM2.5 (µg/m³)

7.6

PM10 (µg/m³)

8.7

Ozone (µg/m³)

41

NO₂ (µg/m³)

3.4

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)

943

Distinct species (top 10)

10

Most-observed species

Great Cormorant/European Shag
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
34
Great Egret
Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
34
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
32
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
30
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
29
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
28
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) · Aves
27
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
27

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)

2

Largest magnitude

3.2

Largest event

2008-06-02

Most recent

M 3.2 — 2008-06-02
1 km NNE of Mohyliv-Podilskyy, Ukraine
M 2.6 — 2007-11-18
8 km E of Nova Ushytsya, Ukraine

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Semyon Vainshtok

Semyon Vainshtok

Soviet and Russian industrialist

Yehuda Gur-Arie

Aharon Cohen

Israeli politician and Arabist (1910-1980)

Vasile Bumacov

Moldovan politician

Oleksiy Yedynak

writer from Moldova

Olga Căpățînă

Olga Căpățînă

Moldavian writer and poet

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Moldova

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)

3.42

Annual solar (kWh/m²)

1,247

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)

341

Avg daily Wikipedia views

12

Attention level

Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Briceni

Vlad Sărătilă · 2009

Carta europeană a limbilor--instrument de protecție al diversității lingvistice și de întărire a dialogului intercultural în Moldova

Atanasia Tatiana Stoianova · 2008

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Sources

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata
• Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
• USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
• GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
• Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
• Wikipedia Pageviews API
• Open Library