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Bălcești
Bălcești is a town located in Vâlcea County, Romania. The town administers eight villages: Benești, Cârlogani, Gorunești, Chirculești, Irimești, Otetelișu, Preoțești and Satu Poieni. It is situated in the historical region of Oltenia, at the south-western limit of the county, bordering on the Dolj and Olt counties. The town is on the banks of the river Olteț, which springs from the Căpățânii Mountains and whose course crosses the locality from north to south, on a distance of . Bălcești is located at an equal distance of about from the cities of Balș, Drăgășani, and Craiova, and is crossed by the national road DN 65C on a length of . Notable people * Barbu Bălcescu * Petrache Poenaru Petrache Poenaru (; 10 January 1799 – 2 October 1875) was a Romanian inventor of the Enlightenment era. Poenaru, who had studied in Paris and Vienna and, later, completed his specialized studies in England, was a mathematician, physicist, en ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vâlcea County
Vâlcea County (also spelt ''Vîlcea''; ) is a county ( județ) of Romania. Located in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (which are separated by the Olt River), it is also part of the wider Wallachia region. Its capital city is Râmnicu Vâlcea. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 355,320 and the population density was 61.63/km2. * Romanians - over 98% * Roma, others - 2% Geography This county has a total area of . The North side of the county is occupied by the mountains from the Southern Carpathians group - The Făgăraș Mountains in the east with heights over , and the Lotru Mountains in the west with heights over . They are separated by the Olt River valley - the most accessible passage between Transylvania and Muntenia. Along the Olt River Valley there are smaller groups of mountains, the most spectacular being the . Towards the South, the heights decrease, passing through the sub-carpathian hills to a high plain in the West side of the Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbu Bălcescu
Barbu Bălcescu (1821 or 1825—January 12, 1884) was a Wallachian, later Romanian lawyer and revolutionary, the younger brother of Nicolae Bălcescu. Born in BălceÈ™ti, Vâlcea County, he attended the Law faculties of the Saint Sava College and of the University of Paris; his thesis was on the inalienability of property gained through dowries. During the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, the Provisional Government assigned him as commissioner of Buzău County. On 8 September, he corresponded with his brother, a leader of the revolution, and took part in the public burning of ''Regulamentul Organic''. He was arrested in Bucharest and subsequently departed for Ottoman-administered ConstanÈ›a. In 1856, he was part of the Bucharest magistrates' corps. He belonged to the Bucharest Court of Appeals from 1859 to 1864, and was a lawyer in Craiova from 1864 to 1876. In 1870 he was inspector for private schools in Dolj County, and he served as Mayor of Craiova in 1875. His three daughters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrache Poenaru
Petrache Poenaru (; 10 January 1799 – 2 October 1875) was a Romanian inventor of the Enlightenment era. Poenaru, who had studied in Paris and Vienna and, later, completed his specialized studies in England, was a mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, teacher and organizer of the educational system, as well as a politician, agronomist, and zootechnologist, founder of the Philharmonic Society, the Botanical Gardens and the National Museum of Antiquities in Bucharest. While a student in Paris, Petrache Poenaru invented the world's first fountain pen, an invention for which the French Government issued a patent on 25 May 1827. Biography He was born in 1799 in Benești, Vâlcea County, in the northwestern part of Wallachia. His uncle, Iordache Otetelişanu, was one of the promoters of an institutionalized educational system, in a time when a great part of the population was illiterate. Poenaru attended the secondary school Obedeanu in Craiova and worked as a copyist at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oltenia
Oltenia (, also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternative Latin names ''Wallachia Minor'', ''Wallachia Alutana'', ''Wallachia Caesarea'' between 1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Danube, the Southern Carpathians and the Olt river. History Ancient times Initially inhabited by Dacians, Oltenia was incorporated in the Roman Empire (106, at the end of the Dacian Wars; ''see Roman Dacia''). In 129, during Hadrian's rule, it formed Dacia Inferior, one of the two divisions of the province (together with Dacia Superior, in today's Transylvania); Marcus Aurelius' administrative reform made Oltenia one of the three new divisions (''tres Daciae'') as Dacia Malvensis, its capital and chief city being named Romula. It was colonized with veterans of the Roman legions. The Romans withdrew their administration south of the Danube at the end of the 3rd century and Oltenia wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OlteÈ›
The Olteț is a right tributary of the river Olt in Romania. It discharges into the Olt in Fălcoiu. Its total length is , and its drainage basin area is . p. 13 Towns and villages The following towns and villages are situated along the river Olteț, from source to mouth: , , Sinești, Livezi,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Romania
This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002 and 2011 censuses. For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals. The list includes major cities with the status of ''municipiu'' (103 in total), as well as towns with the status of ''oraș'' (217 in total). Romania has 1 city with more than 1 million residents (Bucharest with 1,883,425 people), 19 cities with more than 100,000 residents, and 178 towns with more than 10,000 residents. Complete list }) , - , , , City ( ro, oraș) , - , Bold , County capital ( ro, reședință de județ) , - See also *List of cities in Europe * List of city listings by country References {{Authority control * Cities in Romania Towns in Romania Romania 2 Romania Romania Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast. It has a predominantly Temperate climate, temperate-continental climate, and an area of , with a population of around 19 million. Romania is the List of European countries by area, twelfth-largest country in Europe and the List of European Union member states by population, sixth-most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest, followed by Iași, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov, and Galați. The Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a southeasterly direction for , before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolj County
Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to ''Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the county had a population of 660,544 and a population density of . * Romanians – over 96% * Romani – 3% * Other minorities – 1% Geography This county has a total area of . The entire area is a plain with the Danube on the south forming a wide valley crossed by the Jiu River in the middle. Other small rivers flow through the county, each one forming a small valley. There are some lakes across the county and many ponds and channels in the Danube valley. 6% of the county's area is a desert. Neighbours *Olt County to the east. * Mehedinți County to the west. * Gorj County and Vâlcea County to the north. *Bulgaria – Vidin Province to the southwest, Montana and Vratsa provinces to the south. Economy Agriculture is the county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olt County
Olt County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt river). The capital city is Slatina. History On 24 August 2017, the Olt County Council decided to hold a name referendum on 15 October 2017 for the proposal to change the county name to "Olt- Romanați". The referendum was eventually held on 6 and 7 October 2018. The vote was nullified, as turnout was 27.19%, below the required threshold of 30%; therefore, the Olt County retains its current name. Demographics In 2011, the county had a population of 415,530 and the population density was . * Romanians - 98.06% * Romani - 1.86% * Other minorities - 0.08% The county is a mainly rural one, with over 60% of the population living in villages. Geography This county has a total area of . The county lies in a flat area on the western part of the Romanian Plain. It is crossed by rivers from north to south, the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parâng Mountains Group
The Parâng ( hu, Páring-hegység) mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians. It is named after the highest of the mountains in the group, the Parâng Mountains. Boundaries The Parâng group is bounded: *in the east, by the Olt River *in the west, by the Jiu River Mountains *Parâng Mountains (''MunÈ›ii Parâng'') *Șureanu Mountains (''MunÈ›ii Șureanu''/''M. SebeÈ™ului'') * Cindrel Mountains (''MunÈ›ii Cindrel''/''M. Cibinului'') *Lotru Mountains (''MunÈ›ii Lotrului''; literally: ''Mountains of the Thief'') *Căpățână Mountains Căpățână or Căpățînă is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chesarie Căpățână (1784–1846), Wallachian bishop * Eugen Căpățână (born 1986), Romanian rugby union footballer * Mihai Căpățînă (born ... (''MunÈ›ii Căpățânii''; literally: ''Mountains of the Head'' or ''Mountains of the Skull'') See also * Carpathian Mountains * Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group * FÄ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BalÈ™
Balș () is a town in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania. The town administers three villages: Corbeni, Româna, and Teiș. Geography The town is situated on the Wallachian Plain and lies on the banks of the river Olteț. It is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the border with Dolj County, west of the county seat, Slatina. Etymology There are three hypotheses about the town's name: # The locality was named after the Balșița brook. # The name comes from the Turkish word "Baliş" (honey), as there is a large apiculture area there. # A boyar named Balș settled here in the 5th or 6th century. Population * 1864 - 1,700 inhabitants. * 1884 - 2,500 inhabitants. * 1921 - 5,000 inhabitants. * 1938 - 5,300 inhabitants. * 1948 - 6,128 inhabitants. * 1973 - 11,578 inhabitants. * 1992 - 24,560 inhabitants. * 2002 - 21,195 inhabitants. The composition from the last census, sorted by nationality: : * 20,552 Romanians : * 619 Romani : * 27 others The composition from the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drăgășani
Drăgășani () is a city in Vâlcea County, Romania, near the right bank of the Olt river, and on the railway between Caracal and Râmnicu Vâlcea. The city is well known for the vineyards on the neighboring hills that produce some of the best Wallachian wines. The city administers four villages: Capu Dealului, Valea Caselor, Zărneni and Zlătărei. It is situated in the historical region of Oltenia. History Drăgășani stands on the site of the Daco-Roman ''Rusidava''. On 19 June 1821, during the Greek War of Independence, the Ottomans routed the Filiki Eteria troops of Alexander Ypsilantis near the city in the Battle of Dragashani. There Tudor Vladimirescu fought with his Panduri, revolutionary fighters consisting mainly of peasants and not armed with firepower, against the Turks. Notable people * Florin Costea * Mihai Costea * Alexandru Dandea * Mugur Isărescu * Gib Mihăescu * Adrian Păun Adrian Constantin Alexandru Păun (; born 1 April 1995) is a Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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