Bârlad

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Bârlad
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Bârlad Location of Bârlad
Coordinates: 46°13′N 27°40′E / 46.217°N 27.667°E / 46.217; 27.667
Country	Romania
County	Vaslui County
Status	Municipality
Government
- Mayor	Constantin Constantinescu (Social Democratic Party)
Population (2002)
- Total	78,633
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primariabarlad.ro/

Bârlad is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the Bârlad River, which waters the high plains of eastern Moldavia.

At Bârlad the railway from Iaşi diverges, one branch skirting the river Siret, the other skirting the Prut; both reunite at Galaţi. Along with a maze of narrow and winding streets, Bârlad features several notable modern buildings, including the hospital administered by the Saint Spiridion Foundation of Iaşi.

In the vicinity of the city there are traces of a Roman camp.

[edit] Population

• 1900: 24,484 (of which one-fourth were Jewish)
• 2000: 69,183
• 2002: 78,633

[edit] Natives

• Constantin Aur
• Mihail Christodulo Cerkez
• N. D. Cocea
• (Alexandru Ioan Cuza)
• Manolache Costache Epureanu
• Elena Farago
• Leonte Filipescu
• Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
• Max Goldstein
• Ernest Juvara
• Alexandru I. Philippide
• Ştefan Procopiu
• Andreea Răducan
• Ovidiu Toniţa
• Nicolae Tonitza
• Marcel Guguianu

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