Balș

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Balș

Total population

1,187

Elevation120 m

Land area31.55 km²

Coordinates47.30°, 26.98°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Balș is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Balș, Boureni and Coasta Măgurii. These belonged to Târgu Frumos town until 2004, when they were split off to form a separate commune.

Geography

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

G

Gabriela Crețu

Romanian politician

Garabet Ibrăileanu

Romanian academic (1871–1936)

Cătălin Moroșanu

Romanian kickboxer and politician

Cezar Petrescu

Romanian writer (1892–1961)

Anișoara Sorohan

Romanian rower

I

Ioan Arbore

Romanian Major-General during World War II

Victor Iamandi

politician and activist (1891-1940)

B

Belu Zilber

Romanian communist (1901-1978)

D

Dan Merișca

Romanian science fiction writer

G

George-Iulian Stancov

Romanian politician

Grigore Trancu-Iași

Romanian politician (1874-1940)

M

Marta Trancu-Rainer

Romanian surgeon

Petru Poni

Romanian chemist (1841-1925)

Mitchell Fields

American artist (1901–1966)

Ilie Moscovici

Romanian journalist (1885-1943)

L

Lucian Merisca

Romanian science fiction writer, translator and radio editor (1958-)

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

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 Balș

Hronicul Operei Române din București

Octavian Lazar Cosma · 2003

Search results from Open Library.