This article is about the city in Moldova. For the district in Moldova, see
Str??eni District
.
Municipality in Str??eni District, Moldova
Str??eni
(
Romanian pronunciation:
[str???en?]
) is a city and municipality
[2]
of about 20,000 inhabitants in central
Moldova
, the administrative center of
Str??eni District
. The city administers one village, F?gureni.
There are several legends about its name. One tells that the name of the region is derived from
stra?nic
, a
Romanian
adjective that can mean "scary", "terrible", and the story goes that in former times this region was covered by a fearsome forest.
Nowadays, Str??eni is famous for its wine. The
Str??eni vineyard
, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of
Chi?in?u
, is renowned for its sparkling white wines. A little farther north is the
Rom?ne?ti winery
, one of the largest locally and the one-time leading producer of wines in the
USSR
. One of its more famous products is a Bordeaux-type red.
Demographics
[
edit
]
According to the
2014 census
, the population of Str??eni amounted to 18,376 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 19,090 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 8,840 were men and 9,536 were women.
[3]
Ethnic composition of Str??eni (2014)
[4]
Others (0.92%)
- Linguistic composition of Str??eni (2014)
[5]
Other (0.43%)
Footnotes
:
*
There is an
ongoing controversy
regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.
*
Moldovan language is one of the two local names for the
Romanian language
in Moldova. In 2013, the
Constitutional Court of Moldova
interpreted that Article 13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence,
[6]
thus giving official status to the name
Romanian
.
[7]
[8]
Historical population
Year
| Pop.
| ±%
|
---|
1930
| 5,054
| ?
|
---|
1970
| 13,385
| +164.8%
|
---|
1979
| 15,307
| +14.4%
|
---|
1989
| 20,119
| +31.4%
|
---|
2004
| 19,090
| ?5.1%
|
---|
2014
| 18,376
| ?3.7%
|
---|
Media
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Points of interest
[
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]
- Str??eni TV Mast
, a 355-metre (1165') tall, guyed mast for FM radio and TV broadcasting built in 1984?85.
Twin towns and sister cities
[
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]
References
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]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Str??eni
.
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Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014
:
"Characteristics ? Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)"
(XLS)
.
National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova
. 2017
. Retrieved
1 May
2017
.
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LEGE Nr. 248 din 03.11.2016 pentru modificarea ?i completarea Legii nr. 764-XV din 27 decembrie 2001 privind organizarea administrativ-teritorial? a Republicii Moldova
(in Romanian)
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"2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing"
. National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova.
(in Romanian, Russian, and English)
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"2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing"
. National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova.
(in Romanian, Russian, and English)
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"2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing"
. National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova.
(in Romanian, Russian, and English)
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"Hot?rare Nr. 36 din 05.12.2013 privind interpretarea articolului 13 alin. (1) din Constitu?ie in corela?ie cu Preambulul Constitu?iei ?i Declara?ia de Independen?? a Republicii Moldova (Sesiz?rile nr. 8b/2013 ?i 41b/2013)"
(in Romanian). Constitutional Court of Moldova.
Archived
from the original on 5 March 2016
. Retrieved
20 December
2013
.
124. ... Prin urmare, Curtea consider? c? prevederea con?inut? in Declara?ia de Independen?? referitoare la limba roman? ca limb? de stat a Republicii Moldova prevaleaz? asupra prevederii referitoare la limba moldoveneasc? con?inute in articolul 13 al Constitu?iei.
[124. ... Therefore, the Court considers that the provision contained in the Declaration of Independence regarding the Romanian language as the state language of the Republic of Moldova prevails over the provision regarding the Moldovan language contained in Article 13 of the Constitution.]
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"Moldovan court rules official language is 'Romanian', replacing Soviet-flavored 'Moldovan'
"
.
Fox News
. Associated Press. 5 December 2013. Archived from
the original
on 9 December 2013
. Retrieved
7 December
2013
.
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"Chisinau Recognizes Romanian As Official Language"
.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
. 5 December 2013.
Archived
from the original on 23 September 2016
. Retrieved
11 March
2014
.
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"Municipiul One?ti s-a infr??it cu ora?ul Stre?eni din Republica Moldova"
.
47°08′N
28°37′E
/
47.133°N 28.617°E
/
47.133; 28.617