Ion Creangă, Neamț
Ion Creangă | |
|---|---|
 Church in Ion Creangă | |
 Location in Neamț County | |
  Ion Creangă Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°51′23″N 26°58′58″E / 46.8564°N 26.9829°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Neamț |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2024–2028) | Dumitru-Dorin Tabacariu (PSD) |
Area | 74.91 km2 (28.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 198 m (650 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 4,989 |
| • Density | 66.60/km2 (172.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 617260 |
| Area code | +(40) 233 |
| Vehicle reg. | NT |
| Website | www |
Ion Creangă is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It was named after the Romanian writer Ion Creangă. The commune is composed of six villages: Averești, Ion Creangă (Brătești until 1908 and then Brăteanu until the advent of the Communist regime in 1948), Izvoru, Muncelu, Recea, and Stejaru.[2]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5,827 | — |
| 2002 | 5,685 | −2.4% |
| 2011 | 5,001 | −12.0% |
| 2021 | 4,989 | −0.2% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Natives
- Costel Petrariu (born 1958), bobsledder
References
- ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.
- ^ (in Romanian) "History of the Locality" Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, at the Ion Creangă Town Hall site; accessed January 3, 2011
