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

Alphabetical list

A Anenii Noi

B Basarabeasca Bălți Biruința Borceag Briceni Bucovăț

C Cahul Camenca Cantemir Căinari Călărași Căușeni Ceadîr-Lunga Chișinău Cimișlia

Codru Comrat Cornești Costești Crasnoe Cricova Criuleni Cupcini

D Dnestrovsc Dondușeni Drochia Dubăsari Durlești

E Edineț

F Fălești

Florești Frunză

G Ghindești Glodeni Grigoriopol

H Hîncești

I Ialoveni Iargara

L Leova Lipcani

M Maiac

Mărculești

N Nisporeni

O Ocnița Orhei Otaci

R Rezina Rîbnița Rîșcani

S Sîngera Sîngerei Slobozia Soroca Strășeni

Ș Șoldănești Ștefan Vodă

T Taraclia Telenești Tighina (Bender) Tiraspol Tiraspolul Nou Tvardița

U Ungheni

V Vadul lui Vodă Vatra Vulcănești

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.

By population

+ Cities and towns in Moldova Rank City/town Population Administrative unit Census1930 Census1959 Census1970 Census1979 Census1989 Census 2004 Census 2014Census 2024 1. Chișinău 117,016 213,078 358,890 526,023(667,082) 661,410(717,853) 589,445 532,513 567,038 Chișinău municipality 2. Bălți 30,667 65,514 101,428 123,068 158,517 122,669 97,930 90,954 Bălți municipality 3. Ungheni 12,595 19,558 27,062 37,788 (40,489) 32,530 30,804 26,457 Ungheni district 4. Durlești 17,807 15,395 17,21026,308 Chișinău municipality 5. Cahul 10,437 16,068 26,572 32,695 42,904 35,488 30,018 22,223 Cahul district 6. Orhei 14,805 14,131 25,707 30,260 31,843 (37,517) 25,641 21,065 22,183 Orhei district 7. Soroca 14,661 14,895 24,465 31,831 42,297 28,362 22,196 21,135 Soroca district 8. Comrat 25,822 23,327 20,113 19,120 Gagauzia 9. Codru 11,716 14,277 15,93418,310 Chișinău municipality 10. Ialoveni 8,083 12,846 15,041 12,51514,665 Ialoveni district 11. Strășeni 20,119 18,320 18,376 14,497 Strășeni district 12. Ceadîr-Lunga 23,161 19,401 16,605 14,285 Gagauzia 13. Căușeni 20,761 17,757 15,93913,458 Căușeni district 14. Drochia 15,355 21,298 16,606 13,15012,939 Drochia district 15. Edineț 19,586 15,624 15,52012,369 Edineț district 16. Sîngera 7,354 9,96612,368 Chișinău municipality 17. Fălești 9,770 14,043 14,931 12,07411,946 Fălești district 18. Hîncești 16,317 19,235 15,281 12,49111,391 Hîncești district 19. Stăuceni 6,204 8,69411,210 Chișinău municipality 20. Vulcănești 18,230 15,462 12,18510,919 Gagauzia 21. Florești ~14,700 18,228 13,164 11,99810,925 Florești district 22. Taraclia 11,417 14,726 13,756 12,35510,021 Taraclia district 23. Sîngerei 15,023 12,667 12,4659,954 Sîngerei district 24. Cricova 7,164 9,878 10,6699,536 Chișinău municipality 25. Călărași 16,032 18,326 14,516 10,8189,469 Călărași district 26. Rezina 8,314 14,476 10,196 11,0329,380 Rezina district 27. Nisporeni 13,137 15,663 12,105 10,0639,140 Nisporeni district 28. Anenii Noi 7,000 9,954 8,358 10,8728,933 Anenii Noi district 29. Cimișlia 13,340 16,509 12,858 11,9978,765 Cimișlia district 30. Rîșcani 17,650 11,104 9,2598,622 Rîșcani district 31. Glodeni 10,179 13,180 10,465 8,6767,284 Glodeni district 32. Leova 12,203 10,027 7,4436,394 Leova district 33. Basarabeasca 12,959 14,517 11,192 8,4716,291 Basarabeasca district 34. Dondușeni 9,084 11,398 9,801 7,1015,987 Dondușeni district 35. Criuleni 7,138 9,452 7,138 6,7085,844 Criuleni district 36. Briceni 11,500 8,765 7,3415,785 Briceni district 37. Telenești 7,159 9,322 6,855 7,2275,670 Telenești district 38. Cupcini 7,441 7,1905,493 Edineț district 39. Ștefan Vodă 6,540 9,869 7,768 7,0785,436 Ștefan Vodă district 40. Ocnița 11,455 9,325 7,2545,187 Ocnița district 41. Șoldănești 7,578 6,304 5,8834,797 Șoldănești district 42. Vadul lui Vodă 4,559 5,2954,280 Chișinău municipality 43. Otaci 8,158 8,469 6,0433,598 Ocnița district 44. Lipcani 5,465 4,6853,569 Briceni district 45. Tvardița 5,882 5,4203,503 Taraclia district 46. Vatra 3,296 3,4573,391 Chișinău municipality 47. Cantemir 4,225 5,320 3,872 3,4192,655 Cantemir district 48. Costești 2,247 3,5072,544 Rîșcani district 49. Iargara 4,384 3,9572,536 Leova district 50. Biruința 3,093 2,6252,203 Sîngerei district 51. Căinari 4,184 3,8032,135 Căușeni district 52. Cornești 2,781 2,4701,698 Ungheni district 53. Ghindești 1,841 1,6491,251 Florești district 54. Bucovăț 1,313 1,6011,064 Strășeni district 55. Mărculești 2,081 1,3961,049 Florești district 56. Frunză 1,476 790581 Ocnița district * Tiraspol N/A 62,000 105,700 138,698 181,862 Transnistria * Bender (Tighina) 31,698 43,000 72,300 101,292 129,969 Bender municipality * Rîbnița N/A 32,400 61,352 Transnistria * Dubăsari N/A 35,806 * Slobozia N/A 18,748 * Grigoriopol N/A 11,712 * Dnestrovsc N/A 14,876 * Camenca N/A 13,689 * Crasnoe N/A * Tiraspolul Nou N/A * Maiac N/A

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References 2004 Moldovan Census 2004 Census in Transnistria citypopulation.de