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Hârlău is a town in
Iaşi CountyIași is a county of Romania, in Moldavia, with the administrative seat at Iași.-Demographics:As of 1 July 2007, Iași County had a population of 825,100, making it the second most populous county in Romania after Bucharest, with a population density of 150/km².*Romanians - 98.1%*Roma -...
,
MoldaviaMoldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...
,
RomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. the estimated population is 11,271. It was the capital city of Moldova in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town.
Population
A majority of the inhabitants are
RomaniansThe Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....
. A large Jewish minority used to live in Hârlău.
| Year | |Number | % of Jews in the
General Population |
| 1803 |
784 |
|
| 1838 |
1,008 |
|
| 1859 |
1,389 |
|
| 1886 |
2,254 |
56.6 |
| 1899 |
2,718 |
59.9 |
| 1910 |
2,023 |
|
| 1930 |
2,032 |
22.3 |
| 1941 |
1,736 |
18.0 |
| 1942 |
1,300 |
|
| 1947 |
1,936 |
|
| 2004 |
11,271 |
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