Nicorești

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Nicorești

Total population

1,170

Air quality index

43Good

Coordinates45.93°, 27.31°

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

Overview

Nicorești is a commune in Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania with a population of 6,099 people. It is composed of ten villages: Braniștea, Coasta Lupei, Dobrinești, Fântâni, Grozăvești, Ionășești, Mălureni, Nicorești, Piscu Corbului and Sârbi. It included two other villages until 2004, when they were split off to form Poiana Commune.

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

Milan I Obrenović

king of Serbia

Florin Balaban

badminton player

Emanoil Petruț

Romanian actor of theater and film (1932–1983)

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Liviu Pascu

Romanian rugby union player

Smaranda Brăescu

Romanian skydiver (1897–1948)

Dumitru Dămăceanu

Romanian general (1896-1978)

A

Aurica Bărăscu

Romanian rower

Constantin N. Ifrim

politician

C

Cornel Diaconu

Romanian film director

D

Dimitrie Negru

Romanian physician

Ion Bîrlădeanu

Romanian canoeist

M

Maria Zaharia

Natalia Negru

Romanian poet and prose writer (1882-1962)

C

Cornel Brahaș

Romanian politician

Ș

Ștefan Sevastre

Romanian painter

Tudor Pamfile

Romanian writer

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

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-08-24

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Seen 2026-08-02

jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Seen 2026-08-02

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Seen 2026-07-20

Spotted Sulphur

Emmelia trabealis

Seen 2026-07-19

Eastern Bath White

Pontia edusa

Seen 2026-07-17

Four-spotted antlion

Distoleon tetragrammicus

Seen 2026-07-17

Green Toad

Bufotes viridis

Seen 2026-07-13

European Earwig

Forficula auricularia

Seen 2026-07-12

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