Liești

For the village with the same name in the same county, see Priponești. For the village in Vrancea County, see Slobozia Bradului.
Liești
Commune
St Nicholas Church, Liești
St Nicholas Church, Liești
Location in Galați County
Location in Galați County
Liești is located in Romania
Liești
Liești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°37′9.5″N 27°32′29.6″E / 45.619306°N 27.541556°E / 45.619306; 27.541556
CountryRomania
CountyGalați
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Iulian Boț[1] (PNL)
Area
89.12 km2 (34.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
8,505
 • Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.GL
Websitewww.primaria-liesti.ro

Liești is the third-largest commune of Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania on the confluence of the Siret and Bârlad rivers, very close to Tecuci (28 km) and Galați (52 km). It is composed of two villages, Liești and Șerbănești. The latter is the southernmost part of the commune.

Name

The name of the commune appears to be derived from Ilie, which means Elijah, probably a local, which seems to be the brother of Șerban, the father of Șerbănești.

History

The first mention of the village dates from 1448, when in the prince of Moldavia, Petru II, who gives as a gift to the local nobleman Cernat Ploscarul and to his brother, Ștefu, 40 villages and fields among which appear Liești and Șerbănești.

Natives

Tourist sights

Liești has several Romanian Orthodox churches – St. Parascheva (c. 1886), Dormition of the Virgin (1889), and St. Nicholas (built after 1990)- the seat of the Protopopiate (archpriest's district) of Nicorești. Other attractions include the acacia forests near the village (especially in May) and the picturesque valleys of the rivers Siret and Bârlad.

Education

Lieşti has four schools: one which teaches until the tenth grade, and three that teach until the eighth grade. Liești also has four kindergartens and a 14,000-volume public library.

Economy

The village has a sugar factory (Lemarco Bucharest), but the majority of the population works in local agriculture or in siderurgy at the Siderurgical Combinate Mittal Steel from Galați. Beginning around 2000, many people from the region have gone to work in Italy or Spain, where wages are higher.

Climate

The climate of Liești is Humid continental (Dfb):

Climate data for Liești
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.1
(34.0) 		3.1
(37.6) 		9.2
(48.6) 		16.8
(62.2) 		22.5
(72.5) 		26.0
(78.8) 		27.9
(82.2) 		27.5
(81.5) 		23.6
(74.5) 		17.0
(62.6) 		9.4
(48.9) 		3.5
(38.3) 		15.6
(60.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.2
(28.0) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		4.6
(40.3) 		11.2
(52.2) 		16.7
(62.1) 		20.2
(68.4) 		21.9
(71.4) 		21.4
(70.5) 		17.6
(63.7) 		11.6
(52.9) 		5.5
(41.9) 		0.5
(32.9) 		10.7
(51.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −5.5
(22.1) 		−3.7
(25.3) 		0.1
(32.2) 		5.7
(42.3) 		11.0
(51.8) 		14.4
(57.9) 		16.0
(60.8) 		15.4
(59.7) 		11.6
(52.9) 		6.2
(43.2) 		1.7
(35.1) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		5.9
(42.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 28
(1.1) 		29
(1.1) 		27
(1.1) 		40
(1.6) 		56
(2.2) 		70
(2.8) 		55
(2.2) 		48
(1.9) 		43
(1.7) 		28
(1.1) 		34
(1.3) 		31
(1.2) 		489
(19.3)
Source: Climate-data.org [3]

References

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ "Climate data for Liești, Galați". Retrieved November 26, 2016.