Vaslui

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Field	Value
type	municipality
county	Vaslui
official_name	Vaslui
image_map	Vaslui jud Vaslui.png
map_caption	Location in Vaslui County
image_skyline	{{multiple image
border	infobox
total_width	300
image_style	infobox
perrow	1/2/1
caption_align	center
image1	Palatul Administrativ Vaslui.jpg
caption1	Administrative Palace
image2	Biserica Taierea Capului Sfantului Ioan Botezatorul 0084.jpg
caption2	John the Baptist Church
image3	Palatul de Justiție, Vaslui.jpg
caption3	Palace of Justice
image_shield	ROU VS Vaslui CoA1.png
image_flag	600px Culori Vaslui.png
leader_name	Lucian Braniște
leader_term	2024–2028
leader_party	PSD
coordinates
elevation	110
elevation_min	90
elevation_max	170
area_total	68.44
population_total	auto
postal_code	730006–730242
area_code	(+40) 02 35
website
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Vaslui (), a city in eastern Romania, is the seat of Vaslui County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia. The city administers five villages: Bahnari, Brodoc, Moara Grecilor, Rediu, and Viișoara.

History

Archaeological surveys indicate that the territory of Vaslui was inhabited since the Neolithic. From the 14th century onwards, it developed as the provincial town of Vaslui, with a population that fluctuated considerably in the following centuries. The name of Vaslui appears first in a Polish document from 1375, referring to Koriat's son Yuri Koriatovich. The name Vaslui was also mentioned in 1435, in connection with the accession of Prince Iliaș to the Moldavian throne. The town was burned to the ground in 1439 and 1440 when Tatars invaded Moldavia.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Clădire_Vaslui.jpg" caption="Building from the medieval Princely Court historical ensemble in Vaslui"] ::

The peak of Vaslui's importance was in the 15th century, when it was a second-rank capital of Moldavia, during the reign of Stephen the Great (r. 1457–1504) and its population approached that of the neighbouring Iași. In 1475, Prince Stephen won his greatest battle against the Ottoman Empire in the Vaslui area. Once the Moldavian capital was moved from Suceava to Iași and the southern town of Bârlad became an administrative center of southern Moldavia, Vaslui declined for the next three centuries to eventually become a local borough (târg).

There once was a fairly large Jewish community in the city of Vaslui. Its arrival from Galicia during the second half of the 19th century gave a new impetus to local economic development. In 1899, Jews formed 37% of the population, and Vaslui was home to the Vasloi Hasidic dynasty. However, waves of pogroms, associated with the Holocaust (see Romania during World War II and Holocaust in Romania) as well as emigration to Israel during Romania's communist period decimated this population.

During World War II, the Stephen the Great Monument was relocated from Chișinău to Vaslui. On 22 August 1944, Vaslui was captured by Soviet troops of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in the course of the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive.

The population of Vaslui grew steadily again after 1968, when the town was proclaimed as the administrative center of Vaslui County, with immigration from the neighbouring countryside, attracted by the industries set up by the Communist regime.

Demographics

|align=none |percentages=on | 1912 | 10,397 | 1930 | 15,310 | 1941 | 13,923 | 1948 | 13,738 | 1956 | 14,850 | 1966 | 17,591 | 1977 | 39,435 | 1992 | 80,614 | 2002 | 70,571 | 2011 | 55,407 | 2021 | 63,035

According to the 2021 census, there were 63,035 people living within the city of Vaslui, making it the 40th largest city in Romania. The ethnic makeup was as follows: 98.63% Romanians, 1.19% Romani people, 0.06% Lipovans, and 0.12% other. The majority of the population is of Romanian ethnicity. Members of the Roma minority live compactly in the southwestern suburbs of Rediu and Brodoc, in the southwestern part of the main town (in the neighbourhoods around Traian Street) and also scattered in the rest of the locality. In the 1960s and '70s nomadic Roma belonging to the Kalderash caste were forcibly settled by the Communists in the northern part of the town, scattered among ethnic Romanians. The third ethnic group is that of the Lipovans, who have in the center of the town a church of their Old Believers Christian branch.

According to data provided by Romanian officials in 2017, the population of Vaslui was 100,170. The substantial increase compared to the 2011 census figures is because tens of thousands of dual citizens from neighboring Moldova come to Vaslui for their identity documents, where a Vaslui address is listed.

Districts

Vaslui has several neighborhoods: 13 Decembrie, Ana Ipătescu, Castanilor, Copou, Delea, Alecu Donici, Gheorghe Racoviță, Green Park, Gura Bustei and Traian.

Education

The city has ten schools, classes I – VIII, named after Ioan Cuza, Dimitrie Cantemir, Constantin Parfene, Elena Cuza, Ștefan cel Mare, Mihai Eminescu, Constantin Motaș, Alexandra Nechita, Vasile Alecsandri, Mihail Sadoveanu.

The city also has six high schools, named after Mihail Kogălniceanu, Emil Racoviță, Anghel Rugină, Ștefan Procopiu and Ion Mincu, as well as a Sports High School.

Economy

The main industries are textiles (clothing and knitted wear) and food (baked goods, vegetable oil, meat, dairy). There are also a number of shopping centers and supermarkets.

Transport

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Gara_Vaslui.jpg" caption="Train station"] ::

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The is located in the south of the city. Originally designed by Anghel Saligny, it opened in 1886. The station was renovated in 2013.

In the city, public transport is provided by buses and taxis. In July 1994, a trolleybus line opened. It closed in July 2009, reopening in August 2016.

The national road passes through the city in a north-south direction (Iași-Bârlad). The road heads west to Bacău, and the road goes north-west to Piatra Neamț. European route E581 lies to the south-east.

Sport

Vaslui is home to FC Vaslui football club which played in Liga I until 2014, and HC Vaslui handball club which are playing in Liga Națională. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Stadionul_Municipal_(Vaslui).jpg" caption="Municipal Stadium"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Stadionul_Vaslui.jpg" caption="Municipal Stadium"] ::

Natives

Notable residents

Marcus Eli Ravage*{{cite book | year=2009 |author=M. E. Ravage |title=An American in the Making: The Life Story of an Immigrant | chapter=Pt. V, ‘Postscript: Twenty Years Later’ |publisher=Harper Modern Classics | orig-year=1936 |jstor=j.ctt5hhx2m |isbn=978-0-8135-4537-0

Twin towns

Vaslui is twinned with:

MDA Cahul, Moldova
ITA Quarrata, Italy
MKD Radoviš, North Macedonia
ESP San Fernando de Henares, Spain

Gallery

File:Centru vaslui.JPG File:Biserica Taierea Capului Sfantului Ioan Botezatorul 0090.jpg|Princely Church File:Parcul Copou, mun. Vaslui.png|Copou Park File:Centrul orasului vaslui.JPG|Civic Square File:Casa de cultură Vaslui.jpg|House of Culture File:Teatrul de vară din Vaslui.jpg|The Summer Theatre File:Primăria municipiului Vaslui.jpg|City Hall File:Spitalul judetean de urgenta vaslui.JPG|County Hospital File:Winmarkt mall.JPG|Central Mall (red) File:Casa Mavrocordat, azi Palatul Copiilor din Vaslui.JPG|Mavrocordat Palace File:Train Station Vaslui.jpg|Old Railway Station File:Gimnaziul Mihail Kogălniceanu Vaslui.jpg|"Mihail Kogălniceanu" High School File:Vaslui - Curtea cu Juri 1907.jpg|Courthouse (1907)

References

"Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
(31 May 2023). "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).
{{in lang. ro [http://www.vremeanoua.ro/vasluiul-s-a-umflat-oficial-resedinta-judetului-a-trecut-de-100-000-de-locuitori "Vasluiul s-a umflat: oficial, resedința județului a trecut de 100.000 de locuitori"], ''Vremea nouă'', May 1, 2017
"EU funds Romanian trolley revival" ''[[Buses (magazine). Buses]]'' issue 738 September 2015 page 25
"Orașe înfrățite". Vaslui.

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