Valea Mărului

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Valea Mărului

Total population

2,335

Coordinates45.84°, 27.69°

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

Overview

Valea Mărului is a commune in Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania with a population of 3,818 people. It is composed of two villages, Mândrești and Valea Mărului.

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

Victor Paul Dobre

Romanian politician

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Ene Dinga

Romanian politician

E

Emil Panaitescu

Romanian archaeologist (1885-1958)

V

Valeriu Andrunache

Romanian rower

G

Gabriel Croitoru

Romanian violinist

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Cristina Jacob

Romanian film director and screenwriter

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Constantin Râpă

Ștefan Panaitescu

Romanian general

Iosif Gafton

Alexandra Căpitănescu

Romanian singer-songwriter (born 2003)

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

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-07-12

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

Seen 2026-07-12

European Ground Squirrel

Spermophilus citellus

Seen 2026-06-14

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Seen 2026-03-31

Zabrus tenebrioides

Zabrus tenebrioides

Seen 2025-10-05

Northern White-breasted Hedgehog

Erinaceus roumanicus

Seen 2025-09-21

Western Polecat

Mustela putorius

Seen 2025-09-21

Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Seen 2025-09-11

Eastern Bath White

Pontia edusa

Seen 2025-09-10

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