Galați district

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Location of Galați County in Romania
Map of the Galați district
Galați county coat of arms
Coat of arms of the Galați district, at the time of real socialism

Galați [ galˈatsʲ ] ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the West Moldau region with the district capital Galați . Its common abbreviation and the license plate are GL. Audio file / audio sample

The Galaţi County borders in the north to the Vaslui county , in the east of the Republic of Moldova , in the south of the circles Braila and Tulcea , in the west and north-west of the county of Vrancea .

Demographics

In 2011 the Galați district had 536,167 inhabitants, thus a population density of 120 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​4466 km²; this corresponds to 1.87% of the area of ​​Romania. Located in eastern Romania, the district is in the south of the historical region of the Principality of Moldova (Principatul Moldovei) east of the Eastern Carpathians . From the area of ​​the village of Vădeni in the north to Galați in the south of the district, the river Prut (Prut) delimits the east of the district. In the south the district is bounded by the Danube and Sereth (Siret) rivers. The landscape of the district slopes from the north ( 350  m ) to the south (5–10 m above sea level).

cities and communes

The Galați County officially consists of 184 localities. Four of them have the status of a city , 61 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality Residents
Galați ( German Galatz) 249,432
Tecuci 034,871
Matca 011.605
Pechea 010.152
Liești 008,902
Brăhăşeşti 008,847
Iveşti 008,441
Corod 007,334
Tuluceşti 007,200
Munteni 006,791
Umbrăreşti 006,628
Cudalbi 006.319
Târgu Bujor 006,299
Ghidigeni 005,821
(As of October 20, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Kreis Galați  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de