There are 1682 localities in
Moldova, including 66 urban localities (of them 53 are
cities/
towns (
Romanian: orașe), and 13
municipalities (
Romanian: municipiu)),[1] and 1616 rural localities -
villages (
Romanian: sate). According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, two or more villages can form together a
commune (
Romanian: comună).[2]
This list is organized by district (or other first-tier administrative unit), and for each one it lists alphabetically all cities and communes. Unincorporated localities are listed under the cities and communes they belong to. The incorporated localities' territories cover the entire territory of the country.
According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, on the
Left Bank of the Dniester (today mostly in control of the unrecognized breakaway state of
Transnistria), there are a total of 147 localities: 10 cities/towns (further containing 2 villages within), and 69 communes (containing a further 66 villages within):
^Legea nr.282 din 21 noiembrie 2013 „Pentru modificarea şi completarea anexei nr.3 la Legea nr.764-XV din 27 decembrie 2001 privind organizarea administrativ-teritorială a Republicii Moldova” (Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova nr. 297-303, art.809, din 20.12.2013)
There are 1682 localities in
Moldova, including 66 urban localities (of them 53 are
cities/
towns (
Romanian: orașe), and 13
municipalities (
Romanian: municipiu)),[1] and 1616 rural localities -
villages (
Romanian: sate). According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, two or more villages can form together a
commune (
Romanian: comună).[2]
This list is organized by district (or other first-tier administrative unit), and for each one it lists alphabetically all cities and communes. Unincorporated localities are listed under the cities and communes they belong to. The incorporated localities' territories cover the entire territory of the country.
According to the Moldovan law on territorial administrative organisation, on the
Left Bank of the Dniester (today mostly in control of the unrecognized breakaway state of
Transnistria), there are a total of 147 localities: 10 cities/towns (further containing 2 villages within), and 69 communes (containing a further 66 villages within):
^Legea nr.282 din 21 noiembrie 2013 „Pentru modificarea şi completarea anexei nr.3 la Legea nr.764-XV din 27 decembrie 2001 privind organizarea administrativ-teritorială a Republicii Moldova” (Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova nr. 297-303, art.809, din 20.12.2013)