List of cities in Moldova

There are 66 cities in Moldova.

Contents 

• Alphabetical list
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• By status
• By location
• By population
• See also
• References

Alphabetical list

A Anenii Noi B Basarabeasca Bălți Biruința Briceni Bucovăț C Cahul Camenca Cantemir Căinari Călărași Căușeni Ceadîr-Lunga Chișinău Cimișlia

Codru Comrat Cornești Costești Crasnoe Cricova Criuleni Cupcini D Dnestrovsc Dondușeni Drochia Dubăsari Durlești E Edineț F Fălești

Florești Frunză G Ghindești Glodeni Grigoriopol H Hîncești I Ialoveni Iargara L Leova Lipcani M Maiac

Mărculești N Nisporeni O Ocnița Orhei Otaci R Rezina Rîbnița Rîșcani S Sîngera Sîngerei Slobozia Soroca Strășeni

Ș Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă T Taraclia Telenești Tighina (Bender) Tiraspol Tiraspolul Nou Tvardița U Ungheni V Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești

By status

There are 5 localities with municipality status: Bălți, Chișinău, Comrat, Bender (Tighina), and Tiraspol. The other 61 have city status.

By location

For the distribution of cities by district, see List of localities in Moldova.

northern Moldova	central Moldova	Chișinău municipality	southern Moldova	Transnistria
Bălți Biruința Briceni Costești Cupcini Dondușeni Drochia Edineț Fălești Florești Frunză Ghindești Glodeni Lipcani Mărculești     Ocnița Otaci Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca	Anenii Noi Bucovăț Căinari Călărași Căușeni Cornești Criuleni Hîncești Ialoveni Nisporeni Orhei Rezina Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Telenești Tighina (Bender)     Ungheni	Chișinău Cordu Cricova Durlești Sîngera Vadul lui Vodă     Vatra	Basarabeasca     Cantemir Cahul Ceadîr-Lunga Cimișlia Comrat Iargara Leova Taraclia Tvardița Vulcănești	Camenca Crasnoe Dnestrovsc Dubăsari Grigoriopol Rîbnița Maiac Slobozia Tiraspol Tiraspolul Nou

By population

Chișinău

Tiraspol

Bălți

Bender (Tighina)

Rîbnița

Cahul

Ungheni

Soroca

Cities in Moldova
Rank	City	Population							Administrative unit
		Census  1930	Census  1959	Census  1970	Census  1979	Census  1989	Census 2004
							without suburbs	with suburbs
1.	Chișinău	117,016	213,078	358,890	526,023 (667,082)	661,410 (717,853)	589,446	712,218	Chișinău municipality
2.	Tiraspol	N/A	62,000	105,700	138,698	181,862	158,069	158,069	Transnistria
3.	Bălți	30,667	65,514	101,428	123,068	158,517	122,669	127,561	Bălți municipality
4.	Bender (Tighina)	31,698	43,000	72,300	101,292	129,969	97,027	100,169	Bender municipality
5.	Rîbnița	N/A		32,400		61,352	53,648	53,648	Transnistria
6.	Cahul	10,437	16,068	26,572	32,695	42,904	35,488	35,488	Cahul district
7.	Ungheni		12,595	19,558	27,062	37,788 (40,489)	35,311	35,311	Ungheni district
8.	Soroca	14,661	14,895	24,465	31,831	42,297	28,362	28,362	Soroca district
9.	Orhei	14,805	14,131	25,707	30,260	31,843 (37,517)	25,641	25,641	Orhei district
10.	Dubăsari	N/A				35,806	23,650	23,650	Transnistria
11.	Comrat					25,822	23,327	23,327	Gagauzia
12.	Ceadâr-Lunga					23,161	19,401	19,401	Gagauzia
13.	Strășeni					20,119	18,320	19,090	Strășeni district
14.	Căușeni					20,761	17,757	17,757	Căușeni district
15.	Drochia				15,355	21,298	16,606	16,606	Drochia district
16.	Edineț					19,586	15,624	17,292	Edineț district
17.	Vulcănești					18,230	15,462	15,729	Gagauzia
18.	Durlești					17,807	15,394	15,394	Chișinău municipality
19.	Hîncești				16,317	19,235	15,281	15,281	Hîncești district
20.	Ialoveni				8,083	12,846	15,041	15,041	Ialoveni district
21.	Fălești				9,770	14,043	14,931	14,931	Fălești district
22.	Călărași				16,032	18,326	14,516	14,660	Călărași district
23.	Codru					11,716	14,277	14,277	Chișinău municipality
24.	Taraclia				11,417	14,726	13,756	13,756	Taraclia district
25.	Florești				~14,700	18,228	13,164	13,164	Florești district
26.	Cimișlia				13,340	16,509	12,858	14,780	Cimișlia district
27.	Sîngerei					15,023	12,667	13,364	Sîngerei district
28.	Slobozia	N/A				18,748	~12,300	~12,300	Transnistria
29.	Nisporeni				13,137	15,663	12,105	12,105	Nisporeni district
30.	Grigoriopol	N/A				11,712	11,473	~11,700	Transnistria
31.	Dnestrovsc	N/A				14,876	~11,200	~11,200	Transnistria
32.	Basarabeasca				12,959	14,517	11,192	11,192	Basarabeasca district
33.	Rîșcani					17,650	11,104	12,117	Rîșcani district
34.	Glodeni				10,179	13,180	10,465	10,785	Glodeni district
35.	Camenca	N/A				13,689	10,323	~10,500	Transnistria
36.	Rezina				8,314	14,476	10,196	12,601	Rezina district
37.	Leova					12,203	10,027	10,027	Leova district
38.	Cricova					7,164	9,878	9,878	Chișinău municipality
39.	Dondușeni				9,084	11,398	9,801	9,801	Dondușeni district
40.	Ocnița					11,455	9,325	9,325	Ocnița district
41.	Briceni					11,500	8,765	8,765	Briceni district
42.	Otaci					8,158	8,469	8,469	Ocnița district
43.	Anenii Noi				7,000	9,954	8,358	11,463	Anenii Noi district
44.	Ștefan Vodă				6,540	9,869	7,768	7,768	ștefan Vodă district
45.	Cupcini						7,441	9,086	Edineț district
46.	Sîngera						7,354	11,609	Chișinău municipality
47.	Criuleni				7,138	9,452	7,138	8,342	Criuleni district
48.	Telenești				7,159	9,322	6,855	8,508	Telenești district
49.	Șoldănești					7,578	6,304	6,304	șoldănești district
50.	Tvardița						5,882	5,882	Taraclia district
51.	Lipcani						5,465	5,465	Briceni district
52.	Vadul lui Vodă						4,559	4,559	Chișinău municipality
53.	Iargara						4,384	4,446	Leova district
54.	Căinari						4,184	4,510	Căușeni district
55.	Cantemir				4,225	5,320	3,872	3,872	Cantemir district
56.	Vatra						3,296	3,296	Chișinău municipality
57.	Biruința						3,093	3,093	Sîngerei district
58.	Cornești						2,781	3,284	Ungheni district
59.	Costești						2,247	4,109	Rîșcani district
60.	Mărculești						2,081	2,081	Florești district
61.	Crasnoe	N/A					~2,000	~2,000	Transnistria
62.	Tiraspolul Nou	N/A					~2,000	~2,000	Transnistria
63.	Ghindești						1,841	1,841	Florești district
64.	Frunză						1,476	1,476	Ocnița district
65.	Bucovăț						1,313	1,658	Strășeni district
66.	Maiac	N/A					~1,000	~1,000	Transnistria

References

• 2004 Moldovan Census
• 2004 Census in Transnistria
• citypopulation.de