Ion Creangă

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Ion Creangă

Total population

2,372

Elevation198 m

Land area74.91 km²

Coordinates46.87°, 26.98°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ion Creangă is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It was named after the Romanian writer Ion Creangă. The commune is composed of six villages: Averești, Ion Creangă, Izvoru, Muncelu, Recea, and Stejaru.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Sergiu Celibidache

Romanian conductor (1912–1996)

Mihaela Loghin

Romanian athletics competitor (born 1952)

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Andrei Murariu

Romanian chess player

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Adrian Gheorghiu

Romanian footballer

Bianca Ghelber

Romanian hammer thrower

Zizi Lambrino

first wife of King Carol II of Romania (1898–1953)

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Liviu Dănceanu

Romanian composer (1954–2017)

Mihail Jora

Romanian composer (1891–1971)

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Simona Spiridon

Romanian-born Austrian handball player

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Ioan Vieru

Romanian sprinter

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Liviu Ianoș

Romanian handball player

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Alexandru Săvulescu

Romanian footballer (1898-1961)

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Alexandru Zirra

Romanian composer

Haralamb Zincă

Romanian writer

Nicolae Ionescu

Romanian politician (1820-1905)

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Ștefan Vasilache

Romanian high jumper

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

Nearby places in Neamț

• Muncelu
  1 mi away · pop. 81
• Izvoru
  1.6 mi away
• Recea
  2 mi away · pop. 695
• Averești
  2.7 mi away · pop. 994
• Cotu Vameș
  2.9 mi away · pop. 3,168
• Bașta
  3.3 mi away · pop. 680
• Stejaru
  3.4 mi away · pop. 884
• Bălușești
  3.9 mi away · pop. 2,262
• Horia
  4.1 mi away · pop. 3,551
• Tabăra
  4.3 mi away · pop. 125
• Băneasa
  5.6 mi away · pop. 179
• Trifești
  6 mi away · pop. 3,162

Browse all places in Neamț →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ion Creangă

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Red-spotted Plant Bug

Deraeocoris ruber

Seen 2026-07-10

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Seen 2026-07-10

field bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Seen 2026-07-03

Drab Wood Soldier Fly

Solva marginata

Seen 2026-07-01

Common Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Seen 2026-06-29

Dwarf Elder

Sambucus ebulus

Seen 2026-06-26

Quack Grass

Elymus repens

Seen 2026-06-24

five-bladed motherwort

Leonurus quinquelobatus

Seen 2026-06-08

Poplar Leaf Beetle

Chrysomela populi

Seen 2026-06-06

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