Strășeni

Străşeni
City
Mihai Eminescu street
Străşeni Location within Moldova
Coordinates: 47°08′N 28°37′E / 47.133°N 28.617°E / 47.133; 28.617
Country	Moldova
County	Străşeni District
Government
• Mayor	Valentina Casian
Elevation	236 m (774 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	21,200
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Străşeni (Romanian pronunciation: [strəˈʃenʲ]) is a city of about 20,000 inhabitants in central Moldova, the administrative center of Străşeni District. The city administers one village, Făgureni. There are several legends about its name. One tells that the name of the region is derived from straşnic, 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, Străşeni is famous for its wine. The Străşeni vineyard, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Chişinău, is renowned for its sparkling white wines. A little farther north is the Romanesti 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.

Media

Vocea Basarabiei 102.3

Notable People

Victor Cebotari, researcher at Maastricht University

Points of interest

Străşeni TV Mast, a 355 metres tall guyed mast for FM-/TV-broadcasting built in 1984–85.

Twin towns and sister cities

Onești, Romania (2015)^[1]

References

Cities of Moldova (alphabetical order)

Municipalities	Chișinău (national capital) Bălți Bender (Tighina)²

Capitals of autonomous units	Comrat³ Tiraspol^1,3

District seats⁴	Anenii Noi Basarabeasca Briceni Cahul Cantemir Călărași Căușeni Cimișlia Criuleni Dondușeni Drochia Edineț Fălești Florești Glodeni Hîncești Ialoveni Leova Nisporeni Ocnița Orhei Rezina Rîșcani Sîngerei Soroca Strășeni Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă Taraclia Telenești Ungheni

Other cities	Biruința Bucovăț Căinari Camenca¹ Ceadîr-Lunga Codru Cornești Costești Crasnoe¹ Cricova Cupcini Dnestrovsc¹ Dubăsari¹ Durlești Frunză Ghindești Grigoriopol¹ Iargara Lipcani Maiac¹ Mărculești Otaci Rîbnița¹ Sîngera Slobozia¹ Tiraspolul Nou¹ Tvardița Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești

¹ In Transnistria. ² Controlled by the Transnistrian authorities. ³ Also a municipality. ⁴ The seat of Dubăsari District is the commune of Cocieri (not a city).

Coordinates: 47°08′N 28°37′E / 47.133°N 28.617°E / 47.133; 28.617

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