Cricova

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Cricova

Total population

10,642

Air quality index

39Good

Coordinates47.14°, 28.86°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics (Moldova). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Cricova is a town in Chișinău municipality, Moldova, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of the capital. It is best known for its vast underground wine cellars, among the largest in the world, which have made Cricova one of Moldova’s leading tourist destinations.

Geography

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

Air quality

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

V

Vasile Ursu

Moldovan politician

Dumitru Braghiș

Moldovan politician and economist

A

Alexandru Guzun

Soviet association football player

Ion Costin

Moldovan politician

Victor Guzun

Moldovan diplomat (born 1975)

P

Petru Efros

Moldovan association football manager, sports administrator, FIFA players' agent and former footballer

V

Valentin Lupașcu

association football player

V

Vasile Soltan

Moldovan footballer

Aliona Grati

Moldavian literary critic

Andrei Spînu

Moldovan politician

T

Tudor Iovu

photographer

Adrian Efros

Moldovan politician (born 1982)

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

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  944.3 mi away · pop. 9,000
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  1011.9 mi away · pop. 8,629
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  1048.8 mi away · pop. 3,056
• Bonab-e-Jadid
  1049.6 mi away · pop. 4,430
• Tabriz
  1081.6 mi away · pop. 1,558,693
• Parsabad
  1083.8 mi away · pop. 81,782
• Shinabad
  1102 mi away
• Bostanabad
  1114.1 mi away · pop. 16,592
• Sarab
  1138.9 mi away · pop. 45,000
• Sareyn
  1152.4 mi away · pop. 5,459
• Shahindezh
  1157.6 mi away · pop. 38,396
• Ardabil
  1157.7 mi away · pop. 482,632

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-08-28

common ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Seen 2026-08-28

field bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Seen 2026-08-28

common yew

Taxus baccata

Seen 2026-08-28

Creeping cinquefoil

Potentilla reptans

Seen 2026-08-28

Creeping Woodsorrel

Oxalis corniculata

Seen 2026-08-28

Italian Tree Cricket

Oecanthus pellucens

Seen 2026-08-28

Rambur's pied shieldbug

Tritomegas sexmaculatus

Seen 2026-08-28

Sloe Bug

Dolycoris baccarum

Seen 2026-08-28

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).