Fălești Explained

Fălești
Settlement Type:	City
Pushpin Map:	Moldova
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Moldova
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Moldova
Subdivision Type1:	District
Subdivision Name1:	Fălești District
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Alexandr Severin (PN)
Established Title:	Established
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Population As Of:	2014
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	12,074
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Coordinates:	47.5722°N 27.7139°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Blank Name:	Climate
Blank Info:	Dfb

Fălești (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /fəˈleʃtʲ/) is a city and the administrative center of Fălești District, Moldova. The population at the 2004 census was 14,931.

History

The town had an important Jewish community before World War II, 51% of the total population.^[2] The Jews were murdered during the Holocaust.^{[3] [4]}

Demographics

According to the 2014 census, the population of Fălești amounted to 12,074 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 14,931 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 5,644 were men and 6,430 were women.^[5]

Footnotes:

• There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.

• Moldovan language is one of the two local names for the Romanian language in Moldova. In 2013, the Constitutional Court of Moldova interpreted that Article 13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence,^[6] thus giving official status to the name Romanian.^{[7] [8]}

Climate

On 7 August 2012, Fălești recorded a temperature of 42.4C, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Moldova.^[9]

Notable people

• Ion Păscăluță

Further reading

• Weiner, Miriam; Ukrainian State Archives (in cooperation with); Moldovan State Archives (in cooperation with) (1999). "Town Clips: Faleshty." Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories . Secaucus, NJ: Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation. p. 358-361. ISBY 978-0-96-565081-6. OCLC 607423469.

External links

• • Faleshty/Falesti (pp. 358–361) at Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation.

Notes and References

1. http://www.statistica.md/pageview.php?l=en&idc=479 Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014
2. Web site: FALESTI: [FĂLEŞTI, Falesti, Faleshti, Foleshty, Falest', Feleshti, Faleshty] | moldova-inc-transnistria-region - International Jewish Cemetery Project . 2016-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035912/http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/moldova-inc-transnistria-region/falesti-fleti-falesti-faleshti-foleshty-falest-feleshti-faleshty.html . 2017-12-01 . dead .
3. Web site: Pinkas Hakehillot Romania: Falesht (Falesti, Moldova).
4. Web site: JewishMemory - Home . 2010-06-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100125072912/http://www.jewishmemory.md/eng/ . 2010-01-25 .
5. Web site: 2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing. National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova .
6. News: Hotărâre Nr. 36 din 05.12.2013 privind interpretarea articolului 13 alin. (1) din Constituție în corelație cu Preambulul Constituției și Declarația de Independență a Republicii Moldova (Sesizările nr. 8b/2013 și 41b/2013) . Constitutional Court of Moldova . 124. ... Prin urmare, Curtea consideră că prevederea conținută în Declarația de Independență referitoare la limba română ca limbă de stat a Republicii Moldova prevalează asupra prevederii referitoare la limba moldovenească conținute în articolul 13 al Constituției. . 124. ... Therefore, the Court considers that the provision contained in the Declaration of Independence regarding the Romanian language as the state language of the Republic of Moldova prevails over the provision regarding the Moldovan language contained in Article 13 of the Constitution. . ro . 20 December 2013 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051137/http://constcourt.md/download.php?file=cHVibGljL2NjZG9jL2hvdGFyaXJpL3JvLWhfMzZfMjAxM19yby5wZGY%3D . live .
7. News: 2013-12-05 . Moldovan court rules official language is 'Romanian', replacing Soviet-flavored 'Moldovan' . . Associated Press . 2013-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131209102718/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/05/moldovan-court-rules-official-language-is-romanian-replacing-soviet-flavored . 2013-12-09.
8. News: Chisinau Recognizes Romanian As Official Language. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 5 December 2013. 11 March 2014. 23 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923021555/http://www.rferl.org/content/moldova-romanian-official-language/25191455.html. live.
9. Web site: Recorduri meteorologice în Republica Moldova . Serviciul Hidrometeorologic de Stat . ro . 25 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170320091515/http://www.meteo.md/newsait/historu/record.htm . 20 March 2017 . dead .