Costești, Ialoveni

Village in Moldova

For other uses, see Costești (disambiguation).

Commune and village in Ialoveni, Moldova

Costești

Commune and village

Costești

Location in Moldova

Coordinates: 46°52′4″N 28°46′8″E﻿ / ﻿46.86778°N 28.76889°E﻿ / 46.86778; 28.76889
Country|  Moldova
County| Ialoveni
Settled| 1573
Government

• Mayor| Ion Marandici
Area

• Total

| 68.82 km2 (26.57 sq mi)
Population

(2014 census)[1]

• Total

| 10,907
• Density| 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code|

MD-6813

Costești is a village in Ialoveni District, in central Moldova, with a population of 11,128 at the 2004 census.[2] It is the second largest rural locality in the country by population, three times larger than the homonymous city in the north of Moldova.

## Notable people

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* Teodor Bârcă, teacher and politician
* Constantin Bivol, agriculturalist and politician
* Victor Stepaniuc, historian and politician
* Ion Sula, politician

## References

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1. ^ Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
2. ^ Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)

## Externals links

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* Media related to Costești, Ialoveni at Wikimedia Commons

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Cities, towns and communes of Ialoveni District, Moldova

District seat: Ialoveni

Cities and towns|

* Ialoveni

Communes|

* Gangura
* Mileștii Mici
* Ruseștii Noi
* Răzeni
* Zîmbreni
* Țipala

Villages (communes)1|

* Bardar
* Cigîrleni
* Costești
* Cărbuna
* Dănceni
* Hansca
* Horești
* Horodca
* Malcoci
* Molești
* Nimoreni
* Pojăreni
* Puhoi
* Sociteni
* Suruceni
* Ulmu
* Văratic
* Văsieni

1 As defined officially by law (villages not forming communes).

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