Costești, Ialoveni

For other uses, see Costești (disambiguation).

Costești is a village in Ialoveni District, in central Moldova, with a population of 11,128 at the 2004 census.^[2] It is the second largest rural locality in the country by population, three times larger than the homonymous city in the north of Moldova.

Costești
Commune and village
Costești Location in Moldova
Coordinates: 46°52′4″N 28°46′8″E
Country	Moldova
County	Ialoveni
Settled	1573
Government
• Mayor	Ion Marandici
Area
• Total	68.82 km2 (26.57 sq mi)
Population  (2014 census)[1]
• Total	10,907
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	MD-6813

Notable people

• Teodor Bârcă, teacher and politician
• Constantin Bivol, agriculturalist and politician
• Victor Stepaniuc, historian and politician
• Ion Sula, politician