Nisporeni
town in Moldova
Nisporeni (Romanian pronunciation: [nispoˈrenʲ]) is a town in Moldova and the administrative center of Nisporeni District.
History
The first historical appearance was in 1618.
The Romanian People's Salvation Cross, the largest cross in Moldova, was built in 2011 in Nisporeni.
Demographics
According to the 2014 census, the population of Nisporeni amounted to 10,063 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 12,105 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 4,895 were men and 5,168 were women.
Footnotes:
* There is an ongoing controversy regarding the ethnic identification of Moldovans and Romanians.
* Moldovan language is one of the two local names for the Romanian language in Moldova. In 2013, the Constitutional Court of Moldova interpreted that Article 13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence, thus giving official status to the name Romanian.
Sport
Speranța Nisporeni is based in the city.
“Nisporeni” enters the record as town in Moldova. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Nisporeni, town and Moldova can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Nisporeni” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Nisporeni, town and Moldova provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2089107. Authority coordinates are 47.081, 28.178. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1618, 2011, 2014 and 2004.
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This entry incorporates text from “Nisporeni” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.