List of localities in Moldova explained

There are 1682 localities in Moldova, including 66 urban localities (of them 53 are cities/towns (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: orașe), and 13 municipalities (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: municipiu)),[1] and 1616 rural localities - villages (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: sate). According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, two or more villages can form together a commune (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: comună).[2]

This list is organized by district (or other first-tier administrative unit), and for each one it lists alphabetically all cities and communes. Unincorporated localities are listed under the cities and communes they belong to. The incorporated localities' territories cover the entire territory of the country.

Municipality of Chișinău

There are a total of 35 localities: 7 cities/towns (further containing 2 villages within), and 12 communes (containing a further 14 villages within):

Communes

Municipality of Bălți

There are a total of 3 localities: 1 city, and 2 communes:

Communes

Municipality of Bender (Tighina)

There are a total of 2 localities: 1 city, and 1 commune:

Communes

Anenii Noi District

There are a total of 45 localities: 1 city (further containing 5 villages), and 25 communes (containing a further 14 villages):

Communes

Basarabeasca District

There are a total of 10 localities: 1 city, and 6 communes (containing a further 3 villages within):

Communes

Briceni District

There are a total of 39 localities: 2 cities, and 26 communes (containing a further 11 villages within):

Communes

Cahul District

There are a total of 55 localities: 1 city (further containing 1 village), and 36 communes (containing a further 17 villages within):

Communes

Cantemir District

There are a total of 51 localities: 1 city, and 26 communes (containing a further 24 villages within):

Communes

Călărași District

There are a total of 44 localities: 1 city (further containing 1 village), and 27 communes (containing a further 15 villages within):

Communes

Căușeni District

There are a total of 48 localities: 2 cities/towns (further containing 1 village), and 28 communes (containing a further 17 villages within):

Communes

Cimișlia District

There are a total of 39 localities: 1 city (further containing 3 villages), and 22 communes (containing a further 13 villages within):

Communes

Criuleni District

There are a total of 43 localities: 1 city (further containing 2 villages), and 24 communes (containing a further 16 villages within):

Communes

Dondușeni District

There are a total of 30 localities: 1 city, and 21 communes (containing a further 8 villages within):

Communes

Drochia District

There are a total of 40 localities: 1 city, and 27 communes (containing a further 12 villages within):

Communes

Dubăsari District

There are a total of 15 localities: 11 communes (containing a further 4 villages within):

Cities/towns

There are no cities in this district.

Communes

Edineț District

There are a total of 49 localities: 2 cities/towns (further containing 4 villages), and 30 communes (containing a further 13 villages within):

Communes

Fălești District

There are a total of 76 localities: 1 city (further containing 1 village), and 32 communes (containing a further 42 villages within):

Communes

Florești District

There are a total of 74 localities: 3 cities, and 37 communes (containing a further 34 villages within):

Communes

Glodeni District

There are a total of 35 localities: 1 city (further containing 1 village), and 18 communes (containing a further 15 villages within):

Communes

Hîncești District

There are a total of 63 localities: 1 city, and 38 communes (containing a further 24 villages within):

Communes

Ialoveni District

There are a total of 34 localities: 1 city, and 24 communes (containing a further 9 villages within):

Communes

Leova District

There are a total of 39 localities: 2 cities/towns (further containing 1 village), and 23 communes (containing a further 13 villages within):

Communes

Nisporeni District

There are a total of 39 localities: 1 city, and 22 communes (containing a further 16 villages within):

Communes

Ocnița District

There are a total of 33 localities: 3 cities, and 18 communes (containing a further 12 villages within):

Communes

Orhei District

There are a total of 75 localities: 1 city, and 37 communes (containing a further 37 villages within):

Communes

Rezina District

There are a total of 41 localities: 1 city (further containing 3 villages), and 24 communes (containing a further 13 villages within):

Communes

Rîșcani District

There are a total of 55 localities: 2 cities/towns (further containing 6 villages), and 26 communes (containing a further 21 villages within):

Communes

Sîngerei District

There are a total of 70 localities: 2 cities/towns (further containing 1 village), and 24 communes (containing a further 43 villages within):

Communes

Soroca District

There are a total of 68 localities: 1 city, and 34 communes (containing a further 33 villages within):

Communes

Strășeni District

There are a total of 39 localities: 2 cities/towns (further containing 2 village), and 25 communes (containing a further 10 villages within):

Communes

Șoldănești District

There are a total of 33 localities: 1 city, and 22 communes (containing a further 10 villages within):

Communes

Ștefan Vodă District

There are a total of 26 localities: 1 city, and 22 communes (containing a further 3 villages within):

Communes

Taraclia District

There are a total of 26 localities: 2 cities, and 13 communes (containing a further 11 villages within):

Communes

Telenești District

There are a total of 54 localities: 1 city (further containing 2 villages), and 30 communes (containing a further 21 villages within):

Communes

Ungheni District

There are a total of 74 localities: 2 cities/towns (further containing 1 village), and 31 communes (containing a further 40 villages within):

Communes

Găgăuzia

There are a total of 32 localities: 3 cities/towns (further containing 1 village within), and 23 communes (containing a further 5 villages within):

Communes

Left Bank of the Dniester

According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, on the Left Bank of the Dniester (today mostly in control of the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria), there are a total of 147 localities: 10 cities/towns (further containing 2 villages within), and 69 communes (containing a further 66 villages within):

Communes

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.statistica.md/public/files/Clasificatoare/CUATM_rom.zip Clasificatorul unităţilor administrativ-teritoriale (CUATM)
  2. http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=312874&lang=1 Law no. 764-XV from 27.12.2001 on territorial administrative organisation of the Republic of Moldova, article 5 para. 2
  3. Legea nr.282 din 21 noiembrie 2013 „Pentru modificarea şi completarea anexei nr.3 la Legea nr.764-XV din 27 decembrie 2001 privind organizarea administrativ-teritorială a Republicii Moldova” (Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova nr. 297-303, art.809, din 20.12.2013)