Costești

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Costești

Total population

1,432

Founded

1559

Elevation82 m

Land area571 km²

Coordinates45.05°, 26.76°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Costești is a commune in the Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Budișteni, Costești, Gomoești, Groșani, Pietrosu, and Spătaru.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Chivu Stoica

48th Prime Minister of Romania (1955-1961)

I

Ionică Minune

Romani musician

Marius Andruh

Romanian chemist (born 1954)

C

Constantin Toma

Romanian politician (b. 1959)

Virgil Cioflec

Romanian critic and patron of arts

G

Grigore Uruc

Romanian serial killer

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

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  4.2 mi away · pop. 153
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  7.6 mi away · pop. 244
• Buzău
  7.8 mi away · pop. 115,494
• Clondiru de Sus
  8.9 mi away · pop. 255
• Istrița de Jos
  9.4 mi away · pop. 335
• Dâmbroca
  10.7 mi away · pop. 1,201
• Călțuna
  11 mi away · pop. 593
• Mierea
  12.8 mi away · pop. 471
• Mitropolia
  13 mi away · pop. 597
• Cândești
  14.2 mi away · pop. 3,160
• Cârligu Mic
  14.3 mi away · pop. 172
• Bărbuncești
  14.5 mi away · pop. 175

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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