Vânători

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Vânători

Total population

1,002

Elevation41 m

Land area86 km²

Coordinates45.72°, 27.26°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vânători is a commune located in Vrancea County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Balta Raței, Jorăști, Mirceștii Noi, Mirceștii Vechi, Petrești, Rădulești, and Vânători.

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

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Carl Grünberg

Austrian economist, economic historian and sociologist (1861-1940)

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Adrian Voinea

Romanian tennis player

Ion Mincu

Romanian architect (1852-1912)

Constantin C. Giurescu

Romanian historian (1901–1977)

Sorin Apostu

Mayor of Cluj-Napoca

Corneliu Ion

Romanian sport shooter

A

Alin Moldoveanu

Romanian sport shooter

C

Camil Baltazar

Romanian writer (1902–1977)

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Mirela Țugurlan

Romanian gymnast

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Sorina-Luminița Plăcintă

Romanian politician

Solomon Schechter

Moldavian-born American rabbi and scholar (1847–1915)

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George Enacovici

Romanian composer

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Adriana Moldovan

Romanian handballer

Gheorghe Tattarescu

Romanian artist (1818–1894)

Yoash Tzidon

Israeli politician

A

Angela Ghelber

Swiss writer and poet (1926-2008)

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

Nearby places in Vrancea

• Jorăști
  0.7 mi away · pop. 1,314
• Petrești
  1.5 mi away · pop. 941
• Mirceștii Vechi
  2 mi away · pop. 179
• Mirceștii Noi
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,091
• Mândrești-Moldova
  2.4 mi away · pop. 773
• Balta Raței
  2.8 mi away · pop. 231
• Mândrești-Munteni
  2.9 mi away · pop. 555
• Rădulești
  3.1 mi away · pop. 634
• Focșani
  3.8 mi away · pop. 97,186
• Precistanu
  4.1 mi away · pop. 234
• Biliești
  4.4 mi away · pop. 2,268
• Lămotești
  4.5 mi away · pop. 889

Browse all places in Vrancea →

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

Transcaucasian Giant Mantis

Hierodula transcaucasica

Seen 2026-08-22

Scolia hirta

Scolia hirta

Seen 2026-08-22

Horse-chestnut Leafminer

Cameraria ohridella

Seen 2026-08-19

tree-of-heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Seen 2026-08-19

Leatherleaf viburnum

Viburnum rhytidophyllum

Seen 2026-08-19

black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Seen 2026-08-16

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-08-14

Willow Bead Gall Mite

Aculus tetanothrix

Seen 2026-08-13

Corn Crake

Crex crex

Seen 2026-08-10

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