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Costeşti

Romania / Botosani / Romanesti /

Costesti is a small town located on the board of the Lake Costesti-Stanca. The history of the town dates back to the 16-th c., when a local feudal Costica had a large estate in this region. His serfs lived in a village, that got the name Costesti (those belonging to Costica).

The village existed as such until 1970. In 1970 in this place the Soviet and Romanian specialists started building a hydropower unit. The village was to be under water. So, the locals were moved to an uphill, where there already were a number of constructors' houses. The new location was named after the villiage: Costesti (pron. Kosteshty). By 1979 the overall population of Costesti reached 10 000 due to the constructors coming from all over the USSR and surrounding villages. The location was named a town-like location (a status between a town and a village).

By 1989 the population of the town was 7 500 people. In the mid 90-ies of the XX c. a lot of Russian-speaking dwellers left the town mainly for Russia and Ukraine. In 2006 the population of the town was 2000 people.

The villages of Proscureni and Duruitoarea are under the administration of the Costesti primaria.

The majotiry of the population speak Moldovan (a dialect of Romanian). Over 20% of the population remain to use Russian and Ukrainian. The town has a 12-year education lyceum. The teaching is done both in Moldovan and Romanian.

Here the Costesti-Stanca customs passing point is located.
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Coordinates:   47°51'26"N   27°15'27"E

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  • ya (guest)
    да, правильно. спасибо!
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