Vatra () is a town in ChiÃÂinÃÂu municipality, Moldova, located about 6 km northâÂÂwest of the capital and covering roughly 8 kmò. It gained city status in the early 1990s.
Vatra has a kindergarten, a high school with Romanian and Russian instruction, a local clinic, and several enterprises including the Vatra stone quarry, marble processing, and alcoholic beverage production. The town is crossed by the national R1 (E58) road, which connects ChiÃÂinÃÂu to the countryâÂÂs western districts. North of the Vatra railway station lies the protected 'Cazacu' Quarry area.
During the Soviet era, a bus line linked the town to the capital, and plans were made for a metro connecting ChiÃÂinÃÂu International Airport with Vatra. The town celebrates its patronal feast on October 14, like ChiÃÂinÃÂu, and offers recreational areas along the artificial Ghidighici Reservoir, created on the Bâc River floodplain in the 1960sâÂÂ1970s.
According to the 2024 census, 3,391 inhabitants lived in Vatra, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2014, when 3,457 inhabitants were registered.
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