Bârlad
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | West Moldova | ||||
| Circle : | Vaslui | ||||
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 14 ′ N , 27 ° 40 ′ E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 100 m | ||||
| Area : | 15 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 55,837 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 3,722 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 731182 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 35 | ||||
| License plate : | VS | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2016) | |||||
| Community type : | Municipality | ||||
| Mayor : | Dumitru Boroș ( PNL ) | ||||
| Postal address : | Str. 1 Decembrie, no. 21 loc. Bârlad, jud. Vaslui, RO-731182 |
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Bârlad , until 1993 Bîrlad ( ), is a town on the river of the same name in Romania and is located in the Vaslui district . The Bârlad drains the plateau of the eastern Vltava.
The city had around 70,000 inhabitants in 2007 and 24,484 in 1900, a quarter of whom were Jews .
In Bârlad, the railway line from Iași is divided, one line runs along the Siret River , the other along the Prut River, and both join again in the town of Galați .
Along confusing narrow and winding streets, Bârlad also has some modern buildings, including a good hospital managed by the St. Spiridion Foundation from Iași . There are also some Roma camps in the vicinity of the city .
sons and daughters of the town
- Manolache Costache Epureanu (1820–1880), politician, Prime Minister of the Principality of Moldova, Wallachia and Romania
- Nicolae Cocea (1880–1949), writer
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901-1965), politician
- Martin Bercovici (1902–1971), electrical engineer
- Barbu Zaharescu (1906–2000), politician and diplomat
- David Deejay (* 1980), DJ and music producer
- Andreea Răducan (* 1983), former gymnast
- Andrei Murariu (* 1986), chess grandmaster
- Andrei Nechita (* 1988), racing cyclist
See also
Web links
Commons : Bârlad - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
