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Hârlău

Town in Iași, Romania

Coat of arms

Location in Iași County

(2020–2024) Gheorghiță Curcă^[1] (PSD)Area

40.36 km² (15.58 sq mi)Elevation

180 m (590 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[2]

10,349 • Density260/km² (660/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

705100

Area code(+40) 02 32Vehicle reg.ISWebsitewww.primaria-hirlau.ro

Hârlău (also spelled Hîrlău, Romanian pronunciation: [hɨrˈləw]; Hebrew: חרלאו; Hungarian: Harló) is a town in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It was one of the princely court cities of Moldavia, in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town.

Geography

The town is located in the northwestern part of Iași County, at a distance of 28 km (17 mi) from Târgu Frumos and 70 km (43 mi) from the county seat, Iași. It is situated close to the border with Botoșani County, 48 km (30 mi) south of the city of Botoșani.

Hârlău lies on the banks of the Bahlui River. It is crossed by national road DN28B [ro], which is part of European route E58. The Hârlău train station is the terminus of the CFR Line 607, which starts at the Iași railway station.

Population

The 2011 census counted 10,905 inhabitants, 93.85% Romanians and 6.06% Roma. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 10,349; of those, 76.66% were Romanians and 8.49% Roma.^[3] A large Jewish community used to live in Hârlău.

Year	Number	% of Jews in the General Population
1803	784
1838	1,008
1859	1,389
1886	2,254	56.6
1899	2,718	59.9
1910	2,023
1930	2,032	22.3
1941	1,736	18.0
1942	1,300
1947	1,936
2002	11,268
2011	10,905
2021	10,349

Natives

Lucian Boz (1908–2003), literary critic, essayist, novelist, poet, and translator
Horia Carp [ro] (1869–1943), writer, journalist, and politician
Mihail Davidoglu (1910–1987), playwright
Carol Iancu [ro] (born 1946), historian
Michel Landau [ro] (1895–1976), jurist and politician
Gheorghe Petz [ro] (1894–1974), Catholic priest
Petru Rareș (c.1483–1546), Prince of Moldavia
Mordecai Sandberg (1897–1973), composer and physician

References

^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.