File:Дрокия,_дом_культуры_Casa_raionala_de_cultura_din_Drochia_Drochia_House_of_Culture_(43533051121).jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Drochia
Sign in to saveDrochia () is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located north of the national capital, Chișinău, and north-east of the Romanian city of Iași. The average elevation of Drochia is 226 meters. The population at the 2004 census was 16,606.
Weather now
cached 21h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Drochia
- Region
- Drochia
- Country
- Moldova
- Population
- 16,080
- Timezone
- Europe/Chisinau
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Drochia
- Settlement.image_caption
- Drochia
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Drochia.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Stema Drochiei.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Moldova
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Moldova
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Moldova
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Drochia District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Cereteu Nina (PN), since 2015
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 1777
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2014
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Drochia
- Population
- 12939
- Elevation
- 226
- Official website
- www.primariadrochia.md
- Image
- Дрокия, дом культуры Casa raionala de cultura din Drochia Drochia House of Culture (43533051121).jpg
- Dialing code
- 252
- Licence plate code
- DR
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Drochia
- postal code
- MD-5202
- inception
- 1889-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1895-00-00
- native label
- Drochia
- P12749
- 1515
- male population
- 5862
- female population
- 7077
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Historical demographics
- Media
- Mayors of Drochia
- International relations
- Twin towns – Sister cities
- Notable people
- Photo gallery
- References
- External links
Drochia () is a city in the northern part of Moldova. It is the administrative center of the eponymous district. The city is located north of the national capital, Chișinău, and north-east of the Romanian city of Iași. The average elevation of Drochia is 226 meters. The population at the 2004 census was 16,606.
The name of the city comes from a local type of bird, called dropie (English: great bustard).
Gallery (14)
On the map
3 mapped locations