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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = town
|county             = Iași
|official_name      = Hârlău
|image_shield       = ROU IS Harlau CoA.gif
|image_skyline      = Biserica Sf. Gheorghe din Harlau.jpg
|image_caption      = St. George Church (1492)
|image_map          = Harlau jud Iasi.png
|map_caption        = Location in Iași County
|leader_name        = Gheorghiță Curcă<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=8 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PSD
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|47|25|40|N|26|54|41|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 180
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 40.36
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 705100
|area_code          = (+40) 02 32
|website            = {{URL|https://www.primaria-hirlau.ro}}
}}

'''Hârlău''' (also spelled ''Hîrlău'', {{IPA|ro|hɨrˈləw}}; {{langx|he|חרלאו}}; {{langx|hu|Harló}}) is a town in [[Iași County]], [[Western Moldavia]], [[Romania]]. It was one of the princely court cities of [[Moldavia]], in the 15th century. One village, Pârcovaci, is administered by the town.

==Geography==
The town is located in the northwestern part of Iași County, at a distance of {{cvt|28|km}} from [[Târgu Frumos]] and {{cvt|70|km}} from the county seat, [[Iași]]. It is situated close to the border with [[Botoșani County]], {{cvt|48|km}} south of the city of [[Botoșani]]. 

Hârlău lies on the banks of the [[Bahlui|Bahlui River]]. It is crossed by [[Roads in Romania|national road]] {{ill|DN28B|ro}}, which is part of [[European route E58]]. The Hârlău train station is the terminus of the [[Căile Ferate Române|CFR]] [[Căile Ferate Române Line 600|Line 607]], which starts at the [[Iași railway station]].

==Population==
The [[2011 Romanian census|2011 census]] counted 10,905 inhabitants, 93.85% [[Romanians]] and 6.06% [[Romani people in Romania|Roma]]. At the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], the town had a population of 10,349; of those, 76.66% were Romanians and 8.49% Roma.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref> A large [[History of the Jews in Romania|Jewish]] community used to live in Hârlău.

{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Year !! align=center |Number !! % of Jews in the 
General Population
|-
|1803 ||align=center | 784 ||
|-       
|1838||align=center | 1,008 || 
|-
|1859||align=center | 1,389|| 
|-
|1886 ||align=center | 2,254||align=center | 56.6
|-
|1899||align=center | 2,718 ||align=center | 59.9
|-
|1910||align=center | 2,023 || 
|-
|1930||align=center | 2,032 || align=center | 22.3
|-
|1941||align=center | 1,736 || align=center | 18.0
|-
|1942 ||align=center | 1,300 || 
|-
|1947 ||align=center | 1,936 ||
|-
|2002 ||align=center | 11,268 ||
|-
|2011 ||align=center | 10,905 ||
|-
|2021 ||align=center | 10,349 ||
|-
|}
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==Natives==
* [[Lucian Boz]] (1908–2003), literary critic, essayist, novelist, poet, and translator
* {{ill|Horia Carp|ro}} (1869–1943), writer, journalist, and politician
* [[Mihail Davidoglu]] (1910–1987), playwright
* {{ill|Carol Iancu|ro}} (born 1946), historian
* {{ill|Michel Landau|ro}} (1895–1976), jurist and politician
* {{ill|Gheorghe Petz|ro}} (1894–1974), Catholic priest
* [[Petru Rareș]] ({{circa}}1483–1546), Prince of Moldavia
* [[Mordecai Sandberg]] (1897–1973), composer and physician

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* The General Archive of The History of The Jewish People. RM 160, 164.

{{Gallery
|File:Estatua de Esteban El Grande en Hârlău.jpg|Statue of [[Stephen the Great]]
|File:Biserica „Sf. Dumitru” din Hârlău.JPG|Saint Demetrius' church
|File:Juzgado de Hârlău.jpg|Hârlău courthouse
|File:Casa Tautu din Harlau.jpg|{{ill|Museum of Vineyard and Wine|ro|Muzeul Viei și Vinului din Hârlău}} (Tăutu Mansion)
}}

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[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Iași County]]
[[Category:Localities in Western Moldavia]]

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