Costești, Vaslui Explained

Type:	commune
County:	Vaslui
Costești
Subdivisions:	Chițcani, Costești, Dinga, Pârvești, Puntișeni, Rădești
Leader Name:	Lascăr Popa^[1]
Leader Party:	PNL
Leader Term:	2020 - 2024
Coordinates:	46.5°N 72°W
Elevation:	155
Area Total:	73.6
Population Total:	auto
Postal Code:	737145
Area Code:	+40 x37

Costești is a commune in Vaslui County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Chițcani, Costești, Dinga, Pârvești, Puntișeni, and Rădești.It has a total population of 2.867 people.^[2]

The commune is located in the central part of the county, south of the county seat, Vaslui.

On 20 March 2010, Realitatea TV, together with Petrom, MaiMultVerde, Romsilva and the Vaslui County Council, planted 25,000 saplings on an area of in Chițcani.^[3]

Natives

• Ioan Hristea (1897–1974), officer during World War I and World War II

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 16 June 2021 . dmy-all.
2. Web site: Recensământ România . https://web.archive.org/web/20220712083643/https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/TS2.pdf . 2022-07-12 . dead . 2024-04-28.
3. Web site: Campania "România prinde rădăcini" a ajuns în județul Vaslui . 2010-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100323152937/http://www.realitatea.net/campania-romania-prinde-radacini-ajunge-sambata-in-judetul-vaslui_704746.html . 2010-03-23 . dead.