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Moinești
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Moinești (; ) is a city in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 19,728 . Its name is derived from the Romanian-language word moină, which means "fallow" or "light rain". Moinești once had a large Jewish community, and in 1899 about half of the population was Jewish; in Jewish contexts the name is often given as Mojnescht or "Monesht". The city administers one village, Găzărie.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- municipality
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Bacău
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Primăria(l'ajuntament) de Moineşti.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Moinești City Hall
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Moinești
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Moinesti jud Bacau.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Bacău County
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU_BC_Moinesti_CoA.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Valentin Vieru
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 400
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 45.83
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 605400
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 34
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Moinești
- Population
- 19728
- Area
- 46.04
- Official website
- moinesti.ro
- Image
- Moinesti (8372113781).jpg
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- Commons category
- Moinești
- native label
- Moinești
- postal code
- 605400
- phone number
- +40-234363680
- street address
- str. Vasile Alecsandri, nr. 14, Mun. Moinești, jud. Bacău
- population by native language
- 7
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1437-00-00
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Moinești (; ) is a city in Bacău County, Western Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 19,728 . Its name is derived from the Romanian-language word moină, which means "fallow" or "light rain". Moinești once had a large Jewish community, and in 1899 about half of the population was Jewish; in Jewish contexts the name is often given as Mojnescht or "Monesht". The city administers one village, Găzărie.
== History == First mentioned in 1467, the locality was listed among the Moldavian villages on the Bawer map of 1783. A târg was first attested in this location in 1832; it had 188 houses and 588 inhabitants.
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