Ghindești
title: "Ghindești" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-and-towns-in-moldova", "soroksky-uyezd", "florești-district"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghindești" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ghindești |
| settlement_type | Town |
| image_caption | Ghindești |
| image_flag | Drapel Ghindesti.jpg |
| image_seal | Stema Ghindesti.jpg |
| pushpin_map | Moldova |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Moldova |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Florești District |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Mihail Bulat (2015; PDM) |
| area_total_km2 | 3.690 |
| coordinates | |
| population_total | 1,649 |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_land_km2 | |
| elevation_footnotes | tags-- |
| elevation_m | 90 |
| population_as_of | 2014 |
| population_footnotes | |
| timezone1 | EET |
| utc_offset1 | +2 |
| timezone1_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset1_DST | +3 |
| :: |
| name = Ghindești | settlement_type = Town | image_caption = Ghindești | image_flag = Drapel Ghindesti.jpg | image_seal = Stema Ghindesti.jpg | pushpin_map = Moldova | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Moldova | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Florești District | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Mihail Bulat (2015; PDM) | area_total_km2 = 3.690 | coordinates = | population_total = 1,649 |area_footnotes = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |elevation_footnotes = tags-- |elevation_m = 90 |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = |elevation_min_ft = |population_as_of = 2014 |population_footnotes = | postal_code = | website = | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 Ghindești () is a city in Moldova. It is situated in Florești District in north eastern part of the country. Spread across an area of 3.690 km2, the town had a population of 1,649 inhabitants in 2014.
Geography
Ghindești is located in Florești District in the north eastern part of Moldova. Spread across an area of 3.690 km2, it is one of 30 sub-divisions (Three cities and 27 communes) in the district. It is situated about 113 km from the Moldovian capital of Chișinău and 14 km from Floresti.
Demographics
According to the 2014 census, the population of Cantemir was 1,649 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 1,841 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 761 were men and 888 were women. About 308 inhabitants were under the age of fourteen, and 217 inhabitants were above the age of 65 years. The entire population lived in urban areas. The town had an expatriate population of 130 individuals, all of whom belonged to the Commonwealth of Independent States. The population is further projected to reduce over the next few decades. The city had a Human Development Index of 0.699 in 2015.
Moldovans formed the major ethnic group (82.3%), with Ukrainians (8.1%) and Russians (7.2%) forming a significant minority. Moldovan language was the most spoken language, spoken to by 1,188 (74.2%) inhabitants, with Russian and Romanian spoken by significant minorities. About 98.2% of the population followed Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
References
References
- (2015). "Lista primarilor aleși în cadrul Alegerilor Locale Generale din 14 iunie 2015". [[Central Election Commission of Moldova]].
- "Ghindesti". Citypopulation.de.
- "Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014". [[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]].
- (2017). "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)". [[National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova]].
- "Ghindesti". Earth database.
- "Moldova". Citypopulation.de.
- "Raion". Floresti.
- "2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing". National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova.
- "Cantemir". City facts.
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