Liești
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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type = commune
|county = Galați
|population_total = auto
|map_caption = Location in Galați County
|image_map = Liesti jud Galati.png
|image_skyline = Biserica Sf Nicolae Liesti.jpg
|image_caption = St Nicholas Church, Liești
|leader_name = Iulian Boț{{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}}
|leader_party = PNL
|term = 2020–2024
|area_total_km2 = 89.12
|coordinates = {{coord|45|37|9.5|N|27|32|29.6|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}|
|website = {{url|www.primaria-liesti.ro}}
}}
Liești is the third-largest commune of Galați County, Western Moldavia, Romania on the confluence of the Siret and Bârlad rivers, very close to Tecuci (28 km) and Galați (52 km). It is composed of two villages, Liești and Șerbănești. The latter is the southernmost part of the commune.
Name
The name of the commune appears to be derived from Ilie, which means Elijah, probably a local, which seems to be the brother of Șerban, the father of Șerbănești.
History
Natives
- Antonel Borșan (born 1970), sprint canoer
- Anghel Saligny (1854–1925), engineer who designed the Anghel Saligny Bridge (1895) over the Danube, the longest bridge in Europe at the time
Tourist sights
Liești has several Romanian Orthodox churches – St. Parascheva (c. 1886), Dormition of the Virgin (1889), and St. Nicholas (built after 1990)- the seat of the Protopopiate (archpriest's district) of Nicorești. Other attractions include the acacia forests near the village (especially in May) and the picturesque valleys of the rivers Siret and Bârlad.
Education
Lieşti has four schools: one which teaches until the tenth grade, and three that teach until the eighth grade. Liești also has four kindergartens and a 14,000-volume public library.
Economy
The village has a sugar factory (Lemarco Bucharest), but the majority of the population works in local agriculture or in siderurgy at the Siderurgical Combinate Mittal Steel from Galați.
Beginning around 2000, many people from the region have gone to work in Italy or Spain, where wages are higher.
Climate
The climate of Liești is Humid continental (Dfb):
{{Weather box
| open = s
| metric first = yes
| single line = a
| location = Liești
| Jan high C = 1.1
| Feb high C = 3.1
| Mar high C = 9.2
| Apr high C = 16.8
| May high C = 22.5
| Jun high C = 26.0
| Jul high C = 27.9
| Aug high C = 27.5
| Sep high C = 23.6
| Oct high C = 17.0
| Nov high C = 9.4
| Dec high C = 3.5
| year high C =
| Jan mean C = -2.2
| Feb mean C = -0.3
| Mar mean C = 4.6
| Apr mean C = 11.2
| May mean C = 16.7
| Jun mean C = 20.2
| Jul mean C = 21.9
| Aug mean C = 21.4
| Sep mean C = 17.6
| Oct mean C = 11.6
| Nov mean C = 5.5
| Dec mean C = 0.5
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = -5.5
| Feb low C = -3.7
| Mar low C = 0.1
| Apr low C = 5.7
| May low C = 11.0
| Jun low C = 14.4
| Jul low C = 16.0
| Aug low C = 15.4
| Sep low C = 11.6
| Oct low C = 6.2
| Nov low C = 1.7
| Dec low C = -2.4
| year low C =
| Jan precipitation mm = 28
| Feb precipitation mm = 29
| Mar precipitation mm = 27
| Apr precipitation mm = 40
| May precipitation mm = 56
| Jun precipitation mm = 70
| Jul precipitation mm = 55
| Aug precipitation mm = 48
| Sep precipitation mm = 43
| Oct precipitation mm = 28
| Nov precipitation mm = 34
| Dec precipitation mm = 31
| year precipitation mm =
| source = Climate-data.org {{cite web |url= http://en.climate-data.org/location/121626/ |title= Climate data for Liești, Galați |publisher= |access-date=November 26, 2016 }}
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