Hârlău

(2020–2024) Gheorghiță Curcă^[1] (PSD)Area40.36 km² (15.58 sq mi)Elevation180 m (590 ft)Population10,349 • Density260/km² (660/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal codeArea code(+40) 02 32Vehicle reg.ISWebsitewww.primaria-hirlau.ro

Hârlău (also spelled Hîrlău, Romanian pronunciation: [hɨrˈləw]; Hebrew: חרלאו; Hungarian: Harló) is a town in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It was one of the princely court cities of Moldavia, in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town.

Geography

The town is located in the northwestern part of Iași County, at a distance of 28 km (17 mi) from Târgu Frumos and 70 km (43 mi) from the county seat, Iași. It is situated close to the border with Botoșani County, 48 km (30 mi) south of the city of Botoșani.

Hârlău lies on the banks of the Bahlui River. It is crossed by national road DN28B [ro], which is part of European route E58. The Hârlău train station is the terminus of the CFR Line 607, which starts at the Iași railway station.

Population

The 2011 census counted 10,905 inhabitants, 93.85% Romanians, and 6.06% Roma. A large Jewish community used to live in Hârlău.

Year	Number	% of Jews in the General Population
1803	784
1838	1,008
1859	1,389
1886	2,254	56.6
1899	2,718	59.9
1910	2,023
1930	2,032	22.3
1941	1,736	18.0
1942	1,300
1947	1,936
2004	11,271

Natives

• Lucian Boz (1908–2003), literary critic, essayist, novelist, poet, and translator
• Horia Carp [ro] (1869–1943), writer, journalist, and politician
• Mihail Davidoglu (1910–1987), playwright
• Carol Iancu [ro] (born 1946), historian
• Michel Landau [ro] (1895–1976), jurist and politician
• Gheorghe Petz [ro] (1894–1974), Catholic priest
• Petru Rareș (c.1483–1546), Prince of Moldavia
• Mordecai Sandberg (1897–1973), composer and physician

References

External links

• The General Archive of The History of The Jewish People. RM 160, 164.

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