Fălești

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Fălești

Total population

18,300

Air quality index

36Good

Land area21.54 km²

Coordinates47.57°, 27.71°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Fălești is a city in Moldova. It is located in the north-western part of the country, in the old Bessarabia region. It is the largest city and administrative center of Fălești District. Spread across an area of 7.9 km2 (3.1 sq mi), the town had a population of 12,074 inhabitants in 2014.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

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

L

Lazăr Dubinovschi

Romanian sculptor

O

Octavian Mahu

Moldovan politician

Z

Zhak Nuar

I

Ion Prodan

moldovan-born serial killer

Valeriu Ghilețchi

Moldovan politician

Adrian Vasilescu

Romanian economist

Ion Păscăluță

Moldovan politician

Ion Dumeniuc

Moldovan scientist, editor and politician

E

Eugenia Crușevan

Moldovan lawyer

Renato Usatîi

Moldovan businessman and politician

Lilian Popescu

Moldovan footballer (born 1973)

G

Gheorghe Muruziuc

anti-communist activist from Moldova (1930–1998)

I

Ion Russu

Moldovan politician

I

I. A. Gumeni͡uk

Petru Marta

Soviet amateur wrestler

Konstantin Paffengoltz

Geologist from USSR

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

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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.

Books about Fălești

Search results from Open Library.