Brăești

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Brăești

Total population

1,355

Founded

1443

Land area52.37 km²

Coordinates47.86°, 26.46°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Brăești is a commune in Botoșani County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Brăești, Poiana, Popeni and Vâlcelele.

Geography

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

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

Wojciech Weiss

Polish painter (1875–1950)

Emil Bobu

Romanian politician (1927-2014)

A

Alexandru Zub

Romanian historian

C

Constantin Amarie

Romanian politician

E

Emil Satco

Romanian historian

G

George Hazgan

Romanian singer

Virgil Popa

Romanian-born conductor

C

Cătălin-Mugurel Flutur

Romanian politician from Botoșani

E

Elena Sevastos

Romanian author (1864-1929)

Maria Scripcă

Romanian teacher

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.

Recently spotted species

Clover Dodder

Cuscuta epithymum

Seen 2026-08-31

Three-parted Beggarticks

Bidens tripartita

Seen 2026-08-31

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-08-31

White deadnettle

Lamium album

Seen 2026-08-31

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-08-28

field bird's nest fungus

Cyathus olla

Seen 2026-08-27

Common Rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Seen 2026-08-27

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-08-22

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-08-22

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