Hârlău (also spelled ''Hîrlău'', ; ; ) is a town in

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. It was one of the princely court cities of

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, 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 from Târgu Frumos and from the county seat,

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. It is situated close to the border with

Botoșani County Botoșani County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia (encompassing a few villages in neighbouring Suceava County from Bukovina to the west as well), with the county seat at Botoșani. Demographics As of 1st of December 20 ...

, south of the city of Botoșani. Hârlău lies on the banks of the Bahlui River. It is crossed by

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, which is part of

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. 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%

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and 6.06% Roma. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 10,349; of those, 76.66% were Romanians and 8.49% Roma. A large

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community used to live in Hârlău.

Natives

* Lucian Boz (1908–2003), literary critic, essayist, novelist, poet, and translator * (1869–1943), writer, journalist, and politician * Mihail Davidoglu (1910–1987), playwright * (born 1946), historian * (1895–1976), jurist and politician * (1894–1974), Catholic priest *

Petru Rareș Petru Rareș (; – 3 September 1546) or Petru IV was twice voivode of Moldavia from 20 January 1527 to 18 September 1538 and from 19 February 1541 to 3 September 1546. He was an illegitimate child born (probably at Hârlău) to Stephen III of ...

(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. Towns in Romania Populated places in Iași County Localities in Western Moldavia Market towns in Moldavia {{Iași-geo-stub