Iaşi

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Iaşi (pronunciation in Romanian: /jaʃʲ/) (also historically referred to as Iassy in French or Jassy in German), is a city and municipality in Moldavia, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1564 to 1859, the United Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859–1862 and Romania between 1916–1918.

The fourth largest Romanian city (as of 2011), Iaşi is the economic, cultural and academic centre of the Romanian region of Moldavia.

The city has the oldest Romanian university and accommodates an annual count of over 70,000 students in 5 public and 3 private universities. It is home to more than 50 churches and hosts 5 cultural centres: British, French, German, Latin American & Caribbean and Hellenic. Cultural life gravitates around the National Theater (the oldest in Romania), the Opera House, the Iaşi State Philarmonic, the Tătăraşi Atheneum, a famous Botanical Garden (the oldest and largest in Romania), the Central University Library (the oldest in Romania), an array of museums and memorial houses, an independent theater and several student organizations.

As of 2011, Iași itself has a population of 263,410 (the fourth most populous Romanian city, after Bucharest,Cluj-Napoca,Timisoara), the metropolitan area is home to about 350,000 residents, while the population of the peri-urban area exceeds 500,000 residents.