Vaslui County

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Vaslui County

Facts

Development region: Nord-Est

Historic region: Moldavia

Capital city: Vaslui

Population:
• As of 2002:
• Population density: 455,049
86/km²

Area: 5,318 km²

Codes:
• Car numbers
• ISO 3166-2:RO VS
RO-VS

Telephone code: (+40) x35 ⁽¹⁾

Web: County Council
Prefecture

1. For the former state operator x is 2. For the alternate telephony operators, x is 3

Vaslui (IPA: ['va.sluj]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the historical region Moldavia, with the capital city at Vaslui.

1 Neighbours
2 Demographics
3 Geography
4 People
5 Economy
6 Tourism
7 Administrative divisions
8 References

[edit] Neighbours

Republic of Moldova to the east - Cantemir raion and Cahul raion.
Neamţ County, Bacău County and Vrancea County to the west.
Iaşi County to the north.
Galaţi County to the south.

[edit] Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 455,049 and the population density was 86/km².

Romanians - over 98%^[1]
Romas, other

Year	County population^[2]
1948	344,917
1956	401,626
1966	431,555
1977	437,251
1992	461,374
2002	455,049

[edit] Geography

This county has a total area of 5,318 km².

The county lies on a plane, being bounded by the Prut River on the east and traversed in its centre by the Bârlad River, a tributary of the Siret River.

[edit] People

[edit] Economy

Vaslui County was heavily industrialised during the communist period and featured large industrial complexes that went broke during the 1990s. Today, the county is mainly an agricultural one, also having some industry concentrated in the main towns.

The predominant industries in the county are:

mechanical components
chemicals
food
textiles.

[edit] Tourism

The main tourist destinations are concentrated in the cities of Vaslui, Bârlad and Huşi.

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has 3 municipalities, one town and 71 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

[edit] Towns

Negreşti

[edit] Communes

Albeşti
Alexandru Vlahuţă
Arsura
Băcani
Băceşti
Bălteni
Banca
Berezeni
Blăgeşti
Bogdana
Bogdăneşti
Bogdăniţa
Boţeşti
Buneşti-Avereşti
Ciocani
Codăeşti
Coroieşti
Costeşţi
Cozmeşti

Creţeşti
Dăneşti
Deleni
Deleşti
Dimitrie Cantemir
Dodeşti
Dragomireşti
Drânceni
Duda-Epureni
Dumeşti
Epureni
Fălciu
Fereşti
Fruntişeni
Găgeşti
Gârceni
Ghergheşti
Griviţa
Hoceni

Iana
Ibăneşti
Ivăneşti
Iveşti
Laza
Lipovăţ
Lunca Banului
Măluşteni
Micleşti
Muntenii de Jos
Muntenii de Sus
Olteneşti
Oşeşti
Pădureni
Perieni
Pochidia
Pogana
Pogoneşti
Poieneşti

Puieşti
Pungeşti
Puşcaşi
Rafaila
Rebricea
Roşieşti
Soleşti
Stănileşti
Ştefan cel Mare
Şuletea
Tăcuta
Tanacu
Tătărăni
Todireşti
Tutova
Văleni
Vetrişoaia
Viişoara
Vinderei

Voineşti
Vultureşti
Vutcani
Zăpodeni
Zorleni

[edit] Villages

Crasna, Vaslui

[edit] References

^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"
^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"

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