Bârlad

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Bârlad

Total population

77,518

Founded

1401

Elevation100 m

Land area20 km²

Coordinates46.23°, 27.67°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bârlad is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the river Bârlad, which waters the high plains of Western Moldavia.

History & geography

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

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej

47th Prime Minister of Romania (1952-1955)

Alexandru Ioan Cuza

first ruler of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia

N. D. Cocea

Romanian journalist and activist (1880-1949)

Ștefan Procopiu

Romanian physicist (1890–1972)

Andreea Răducan

Romanian artistic gymnast (born 1983)

Grigore Gafencu

Romanian politician (1892–1957)

Martin Bercovici

Romanian electrical engineer (1902-1971)

Antioh Cantemir

Prince of Moldavia

Nicolae Tonitza

Romanian painter (1886-1940)

Alexandru Philippide

linguist and philologist (1859-1933)

Manolache Costache Epureanu

Romanian politician (1823–1880)

L

Leonte Filipescu

Romanian activist (1895–1922)

Max Goldstein

Romanian revolutionary (1898–1924)

Martin Abern

Marxist politician (1898–1949)

Constantin Vasiliu-Rășcanu

Romanian general and minister

B

Bogdan Buhuș

Romanian football defender

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

Nearby places in Vaslui

• Trestiana
  2.5 mi away · pop. 1,185
• Zorleni
  3.7 mi away · pop. 4,948
• Grivița
  4.6 mi away · pop. 1,359
• Fruntișeni
  5 mi away · pop. 918
• Băcani
  6.5 mi away · pop. 1,097
• Ivești
  6.7 mi away · pop. 2,792
• Pogana
  7.6 mi away · pop. 639
• Băltățeni
  7.7 mi away · pop. 240
• Movileni
  8 mi away · pop. 210
• Pogonești
  8.4 mi away · pop. 1,198
• Banca
  8.5 mi away · pop. 1,120
• Suseni
  8.8 mi away · pop. 417

Browse all places in Vaslui →

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

Spindle

Euonymus europaeus

Seen 2026-08-09

Smooth Snake

Coronella austriaca

Seen 2026-07-27

Eurasian Otter

Lutra lutra

Seen 2026-07-12

Flat-headed Root-borer

Capnodis tenebrionis

Seen 2026-07-03

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Seen 2026-07-03

Cornflower

Centaurea cyanus

Seen 2026-06-25

Echinocerus floralis

Echinocerus floralis

Seen 2026-06-19

Goat Moth

Cossus cossus

Seen 2026-06-14

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Seen 2026-06-13

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