Grivița

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Grivița

Total population

1,359

Air quality index

39Good

Elevation167 m

Land area60 km²

Coordinates46.16°, 27.66°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Grivița is a commune in Vaslui County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Grivița, Odaia Bursucani, and Trestiana.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

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

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
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,185
• Bădeana
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,070
• Bârlad
  4.6 mi away · pop. 77,518
• Brădești
  5.3 mi away · pop. 676
• Tutova
  5.5 mi away · pop. 1,281
• Fruntișeni
  6 mi away · pop. 918
• Pogonești
  6.3 mi away · pop. 1,198
• Ivești
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,792
• Crâng
  6.3 mi away · pop. 395
• Vinderei
  7.3 mi away · pop. 1,232
• Docăneasa
  7.5 mi away · pop. 390
• Sălceni
  8 mi away · pop. 875

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.