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{{for|the sector of the capital Chișinău|Sectorul Rîșcani}}
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'''Rîșcani''' ({{IPA|ro|rɨʃˈkanʲ}}, also spelled ''Râșcani'') is a city in [[Moldova]], the capital of the [[Rîșcani District]]. It is located along the Copăceanca river, about 22 kilometres from the station in [[Drochia]]. Two villages are administered by the city, Bălanul Nou and Rămăzan.
==History==
During the [[interwar period]], the city was the seat of [[Plasă|Plasa]] Râșcani, in [[Bălți County (Romania)|Bălți County]], [[Romania]].
A number of [[Bessarabian German]]s lived in the village from its founding in 1865, who called it ''Ryschkanowka''.  The German population was forcibly removed in 1940; among the Germans expelled from Rîșcani were the parents of later German president [[Horst Köhler]].
In the [[Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic|USSR era]], Rîșcani was home to a number of factories, a state agrotechnic school, and tobacco farms.
==Demographics==
According to the [[Moldovan Census (2014)|2014 census]], the population of Rîșcani amounted to 9,259 inhabitants, a decrease compared to the previous census in 2004, when 12,117 inhabitants were registered. Of these, 4,318 were men and 4,941 were women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recensamint.statistica.md/ro/dissemination/person/fbb3f91b7a5c26ffd7da7c16ed71b2d9|title=2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova }} {{in lang|ro|ru|en}}</ref>
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|caption=Ethnic composition of Rîșcani (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recensamint.statistica.md/ro/dissemination/person/d0dde222e608c66b65d44776bd8b4092|title=2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova }} {{in lang|ro|ru|en}}</ref>
|label1=[[Moldovans]]*|value1=52.99|color1=#8A2BE2
|label2=[[Romanians]]|value2=2.98|color2=#8080ff
|label3=[[Ukrainians in Moldova|Ukrainians]]|value3=30.98|color3=#ffff80
|label4=[[Russians in Moldova|Russians]]|value4=7.27|color4=#c08080
|label5=[[Romani people|Romani]]|value5=4.63|color5=#80ffff
|label6=Others|value6=1.15|color6=#9f9f9f}}
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|caption=:Linguistic composition of Rîșcani (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recensamint.statistica.md/ro/dissemination/person/1d940b4d40aaccdfdef83b00a4666610|title=2014 Moldova Census of Population and Housing|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova }} {{in lang|ro|ru|en}}</ref>
|label1=[[Moldovan language|Moldovan]]*|value1=41.72|color1=#8A2BE2
|label2=[[Romanian language|Romanian]]|value2=10.88|color2=#8080ff
|label3=[[Russian language|Russian]]|value3=24.57|color3=#c08080
|label4=[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]|value4=18.19|color4=#ffff80
|label5=[[Romani language|Romani]]|value5=4.26|color5=#80ffff
|label6=Other|value6=0.28|color6=#9f9f9f}}
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{{Historical populations
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|1959 | 3771
|1970 | 10869
|1979 | 14318
|[[Soviet Census (1989)|1989]] | 17650
|[[Moldovan Census (2004)|2004]] | 12117
|[[Moldovan Census (2014)|2014]] | 9259
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''Footnotes'':
'''*''' ''There is an [[Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova|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&nbsp;13 of the constitution is superseded by the Declaration of Independence,<ref name="const-court">{{cite news  | title = Hotărâre Nr. 36 din 05.12.2013 privind interpretarea articolului 13 alin. (1) din Constituție în corelație cu Preambulul Constituției și Declarația de Independență a Republicii Moldova (Sesizările nr. 8b/2013 și 41b/2013)  | publisher = Constitutional Court of Moldova  | quote = 124.&nbsp;... Prin urmare, Curtea consideră că prevederea conținută în Declarația de Independență referitoare la limba română ca limbă de stat a Republicii Moldova prevalează asupra prevederii referitoare la limba moldovenească conținute în articolul 13 al Constituției.  | trans-quote = 124.&nbsp;... Therefore, the Court considers that the provision contained in the Declaration of Independence regarding the Romanian language as the state language of the Republic of Moldova prevails over the  provision regarding the Moldovan language contained in Article 13 of the Constitution.  | language = ro  | url = http://constcourt.md/download.php?file=cHVibGljL2NjZG9jL2hvdGFyaXJpL3JvLWhfMzZfMjAxM19yby5wZGY%3D  | access-date = 20 December 2013  | archive-date = 5 March 2016  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051137/http://constcourt.md/download.php?file=cHVibGljL2NjZG9jL2hvdGFyaXJpL3JvLWhfMzZfMjAxM19yby5wZGY%3D  | url-status = live  }}</ref> thus giving official status to the name ''Romanian''.<ref name="foxnews">{{Cite news |date=2013-12-05 |title=Moldovan court rules official language is 'Romanian', replacing Soviet-flavored 'Moldovan' |work=[[Fox News]] |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/moldovan-court-rules-official-language-is-romanian-replacing-soviet-flavored-moldovan/ |access-date=2013-12-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209102718/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/05/moldovan-court-rules-official-language-is-romanian-replacing-soviet-flavored |archive-date=2013-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.rferl.org/content/moldova-romanian-official-language/25191455.html| title=Chisinau Recognizes Romanian As Official Language| newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty| date=5 December 2013| access-date=11 March 2014| archive-date=23 September 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923021555/http://www.rferl.org/content/moldova-romanian-official-language/25191455.html| url-status=live}}</ref>''
==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Moldova}}
===Twin Towns - Sister Cities===
Rîșcani is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Năvodari]], [[Romania]]
'''Planned partner city relations:'''
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Tököl]], [[Hungary]]
==References==
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* [http://www.divizianationala.com/index.php?option=com_joomgallery&func=viewcategory&catid=41&Itemid=244 Rîșcani Stadium]
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