Scânteia

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Scânteia

Total population

1,283

Elevation167 m

Land area41.43 km²

Coordinates46.92°, 27.58°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Scânteia is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bodești, Boroșești, Ciocârlești, Lunca Rateș, Rediu, Scânteia, and Tufeștii de Sus.

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

Grigore T. Popa

Romanian scientist, physician, commentator (1892–1948)

I

Ion Mitican

Romanian historian

U

Uricariul Axinte

E

Emil Condurachi

Romanian historian

C

Corneliu Iacubov

N

Neculai Alexandru Ursu

Romanian linguist, philologist and literary historian

F

Florin Lambagiu

Romanian sambist, kickboxer and mixed martial artist

C

Constantin Bahrin

Romanian singer

G

Georgeta State

Romanian athletics competitor

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

Nearby places in Iași

• Bodești
  1 mi away · pop. 372
• Căuești
  1.5 mi away · pop. 501
• Boroșești
  1.7 mi away · pop. 878
• Ciocârlești
  1.7 mi away · pop. 315
• Lunca
  2.1 mi away · pop. 78
• Corcodel
  2.1 mi away · pop. 16
• Lunca Rateș
  2.2 mi away · pop. 377
• Tufeștii de Sus
  2.4 mi away · pop. 276
• Valea Satului
  2.6 mi away · pop. 520
• Șcheia
  3 mi away · pop. 1,093
• Drăgușeni
  3.4 mi away · pop. 859
• Grajduri
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,418

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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 Scânteia

Search results from Open Library.