Vatra
Vatra is a town in Chișinău municipality, Moldova, located about 6 km north‑west of the capital and covering roughly 8 km². It gained city status in the early 1990s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 3,400 residents
- Description: town in Moldova
- Also known as: “Gara Ghidighici”, “Gidigich”, and “Vatra, Moldova”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ghidighici Stadium and Monument in memory of those killed in between 1941-1945.
Ghidighici Stadium
Stadium
Photo: MoldovaFootball4ever, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ghidighici Stadium is a football stadium located in Ghidighici, Moldova. It has a capacity of 1,500 seats. Ghidighici Stadium is situated 3 km northeast of Vatra.
Monument in memory of those killed in between 1941-1945
Memorial
Photo: Criss90kf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monument in memory of those killed in between 1941-1945 is a memorial, which is situated 3 km west of Vatra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghidighici and Trușeni.
Ghidighici
Village
Ghidighici is a village in Chișinău municipality, Moldova. It is the location of the Ghidighici Reservoir. Ghidighici is situated 3 km northeast of Vatra.
Trușeni
Village
Photo: Gikü, Public domain.
Trușeni is a village, which is situated 4 km west of Vatra.
Cojușna
Village
Photo: Pavelmunteanu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cojușna is a village in Strășeni District, Moldova. Cojușna is situated 5 km west of Vatra.
Vatra
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Chișinău Municipality, Moldova, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
47.07699° or 47° 4′ 37″ northLongitude
28.73613° or 28° 44′ 10″ eastPopulation
3,400Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)United Nations Location Code
MD VTGOpen location code
8GVC3PGP+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 309600918OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Upper Sorbian—“Vatra” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Vatra”
- Bulgarian: “Ватра”
- Cebuano: “Vatra”
- Chinese: “瓦特拉”
- Dutch: “Vatra, Moldova”
- Dutch: “Vatra”
- French: “Vatra”
- Georgian: “ვატრა”
- Italian: “Vatra”
- Korean: “바트라”
- Lithuanian: “Vatra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vatra”
- Polish: “Vatra”
- Romanian: “Vatra, Moldova”
- Romanian: “Vatra”
- Russian: “Ватра”
- Russian: “Гидигич”
- Serbian: “Ватра”
- Swedish: “Vatra”
- Ukrainian: “Ватра”
- Upper Sorbian: “Vatra”
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