Costești

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Costești

Total population

1,174

Elevation194 m

Land area19.27 km²

Coordinates47.23°, 26.93°

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 Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Costești and Giurgești. 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.

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

G

Gabriela Crețu

Romanian politician

Garabet Ibrăileanu

Romanian academic (1871–1936)

Gheorghe I. Brătianu

Romanian politician and historian

Anișoara Sorohan

Romanian rower

I

Ion Manolescu-Strunga

Romanian politician (1889-1951)

I

Ioan Arbore

Romanian Major-General during World War II

B

Belu Zilber

Romanian communist (1901-1978)

D

Dan Merișca

Romanian science fiction writer

Dumitru Buzatu

Romanian politician

E

Eugen Pleșca

Romanian lawyer

Grigore Trancu-Iași

Romanian politician (1874-1940)

M

Marta Trancu-Rainer

Romanian surgeon

Petru Poni

Romanian chemist (1841-1925)

Ilie Moscovici

Romanian journalist (1885-1943)

S

Sorin-Constantin Lazăr

Romanian politician

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

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