List of cities and towns in Moldova

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There are 66 cities and towns in the Republic of Moldova .

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Alphabetical list

By status

There are 13 localities with municipiu status: Bălți, Cahul, Ceadîr-Lunga, Chișinău, Comrat, Edineț, Hîncești, Orhei, Soroca, Strășeni, Ungheni, Bender (Tighina), and Tiraspol. The other 53 have city status.

By location

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

northern Moldova
central Moldova
Chișinău municipality
southern Moldova
Transnistria
Gagauzia

By population

Cities and towns in Moldova
RankCity/townPopulationAdministrative unit
 Census 
1930
 Census 
1959
 Census 
1970
 Census 
1979
 Census 
1989
Census 2004 Census 
2014
without suburbswith suburbs
1. Chișinău 117,016213,078358,890526,023
(667,082)
661,410
(717,853)
589,446712,218469,402 Chișinău municipality
2. Bălți 30,66765,514101,428123,068158,517122,669127,56197,930 Bălți municipality
3. Tiraspol N/A62,000105,700138,698181,862158,069158,069 Transnistria
4. Bender (Tighina) 31,69843,00072,300101,292129,96997,027100,169 Bender municipality
5. Rîbnița N/A32,40061,35253,64853,648 Transnistria
6. Ungheni 12,59519,55827,06237,788
(40,489)
35,31135,31130,804 Ungheni district
7. Cahul 10,43716,06826,57232,69542,90435,48835,48830,018 Cahul district
8. Soroca 14,66114,89524,46531,83142,29728,36228,36222,196 Soroca district
9. Orhei 14,80514,13125,70730,26031,843
(37,517)
25,64125,64121,065 Orhei district
10. Comrat 25,82223,32723,32720,113 Gagauzia
11. Dubăsari N/A35,80623,65023,650 Transnistria
12. Strășeni 20,11918,32019,09018,376 Strășeni district
13. Ceadâr-Lunga 23,16119,40119,40116,605 Gagauzia
14. Căușeni 20,76117,75717,757 Căușeni district
15. Drochia 15,35521,29816,60616,606 Drochia district
16. Edineț 19,58615,62417,292 Edineț district
17. Vulcănești 18,23015,46215,729 Gagauzia
18. Durlești 17,80715,39415,394 Chișinău municipality
19. Hîncești 16,31719,23515,28115,281 Hîncești district
20. Ialoveni 8,08312,84615,04115,041 Ialoveni district
21. Fălești 9,77014,04314,93114,931 Fălești district
22. Călărași 16,03218,32614,51614,660 Călărași district
23. Codru 11,71614,27714,277 Chișinău municipality
24. Taraclia 11,41714,72613,75613,756 Taraclia district
25. Florești ~14,70018,22813,16413,164 Florești district
26. Cimișlia 13,34016,50912,85814,780 Cimișlia district
27. Sîngerei 15,02312,66713,364 Sîngerei district
28. Slobozia N/A18,748~12,300~12,300 Transnistria
29. Nisporeni 13,13715,66312,10512,105 Nisporeni district
30. Grigoriopol N/A11,71211,473~11,700 Transnistria
31. Dnestrovsc N/A14,876~11,200~11,200 Transnistria
32. Basarabeasca 12,95914,51711,19211,192 Basarabeasca district
33. Rîșcani 17,65011,10412,117 Rîșcani district
34. Glodeni 10,17913,18010,46510,785 Glodeni district
35. Camenca N/A13,68910,323~10,500 Transnistria
36. Rezina 8,31414,47610,19612,601 Rezina district
37. Leova 12,20310,02710,027 Leova district
38. Cricova 7,1649,8789,878 Chișinău municipality
39. Dondușeni 9,08411,3989,8019,801 Dondușeni district
40. Ocnița 11,4559,3259,325 Ocnița district
41. Briceni 11,5008,7658,765 Briceni district
42. Otaci 8,1588,4698,469 Ocnița district
43. Anenii Noi 7,0009,9548,35811,463 Anenii Noi district
44. Ștefan Vodă 6,5409,8697,7687,768 ștefan Vodă district
45. Cupcini 7,4419,086 Edineț district
46. Sîngera 7,35411,609 Chișinău municipality
47. Criuleni 7,1389,4527,1388,342 Criuleni district
48. Telenești 7,1599,3226,8558,508 Telenești district
49. Șoldănești 7,5786,3046,304 șoldănești district
50. Tvardița 5,8825,882 Taraclia district
51. Lipcani 5,4655,465 Briceni district
52. Vadul lui Vodă 4,5594,559 Chișinău municipality
53. Iargara 4,3844,446 Leova district
54. Căinari 4,1844,510 Căușeni district
55. Cantemir 4,2255,3203,8723,872 Cantemir district
56. Vatra 3,2963,296 Chișinău municipality
57. Biruința 3,0933,093 Sîngerei district
58. Cornești 2,7813,284 Ungheni district
59. Costești 2,2474,109 Rîșcani district
60. Mărculești 2,0812,081 Florești district
61. Crasnoe N/A~2,000~2,000 Transnistria
62. Tiraspolul Nou N/A~2,000~2,000 Transnistria
63. Ghindești 1,8411,841 Florești district
64. Frunză 1,4761,476 Ocnița district
65. Bucovăț 1,3131,658 Strășeni district
66. Maiac N/A~1,000~1,000 Transnistria

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