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Domnești, Ilfov
Domnești is a commune in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Its name is derived from "Domn" (Lord, referring to the ruler of Wallachia) and suffix "-ești". It is composed of two villages, Domnești and Țegheș. The commune is located west of Bucharest, on the banks of the Ciorogârla and Sabar rivers, and on the left bank of the Argeș River. It is crossed by county road DJ602, which leads east to the Ghencea Extension neighborhood of Bucharest and north-east to Ciorogârla and further into Giurgiu County to Joița and Săbăreni, then returning to Ilfov County in Chitila (where it intersects with DN7) and Buftea (where it ends in DN1A). The Domnești railway station serves the CFR Line 900, which connects Bucharest with the western city of Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the ...
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Ilfov County
Ilfov () is the Counties of Romania, county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs or satellites of Bucharest. The gentrification of the county is continuing, with many towns in Ilfov, such as Otopeni, having some of the highest GDP per capita levels in the country. The county has experienced rapid demographic growth in the 21st century, being the fastest growing Romanian county between 2011 and 2021. Demographics Ilfov County had a population of 542,686 at the 2021 Romanian census. The population density is 342.82 per km2. 40% of the population commutes and works in Bucharest, although, in recent years, many industrial plants were built outside Bucharest, in Ilfov county. It has an annual growth of about 4%. * Romanians - 96.05% * Minorities of Romania, Others - 3.95% Geography The county ha ...
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Giurgiu County
Giurgiu () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 265,494 and the population density was . * Romanians – 96% * Romani – 3.9% * Unknown – 0.1% Geography This county has a total area of . The county is situated on a plain – the Southern part of the Wallachian Plain. The landscape is flat, crossed by small rivers. The southern part is the valley of the Danube which forms the border with Bulgaria. In the North, the Argeș River and Dâmbovița River flow. Neighbours * Călărași County in the East. * Teleorman County in the West. * Ilfov County and Dâmbovița County in the North. * Bulgaria in the South – Ruse Province and Silistra Province. Politics The Giurgiu County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 30 counsellors, with the following party composition: Administrative divisions Giurgiu County has 1 ...
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Timișoara
Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is considered the informal capital city of the historical Banat region. From 1848 to 1860 it was the capital of the Serbian Vojvodina and the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar. With 250,849 inhabitants at the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, Timișoara is the country's List of cities and towns in Romania, fifth most populous city. It is home to around 400,000 inhabitants in its Timișoara metropolitan area, metropolitan area, while the Timișoara–Arad metropolis concentrates more than 70% of the population of Timiș and Arad County, Arad counties. Timișoara is a multicultural city, home to 21 ethnic groups and 18 religious denominations. Historically, the most numerous were the Banat Swabians, Swabian Germans, Jews and Hungarians, who ...
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Căile Ferate Române Line 900
Line 900 is one of CFR's main lines in Romania having a total length of about . The main line, connecting Bucharest with the western city of Timișoara, passes through the important cities of Craiova, Drobeta-Turnu Severin and Lugoj. There are five pairs of direct trains that run daily on the Bucharest North–Timișoara Timișoara (, , ; , also or ; ; ; see #Etymology, other names) is the capital city of Timiș County, Banat, and the main economic, social and cultural center in Western Romania. Located on the Bega (Tisza), Bega River, Timișoara is consider ... route; four of those trains belong to the state railway operator CFR Călători and one to the private operator . The journey takes between 9 hours and 49 minutes and 10 hours and 9 minutes. Secondary lines References {{DEFAULTSORT:Caile Ferate Romane Line 900 Railway lines in Romania Standard-gauge railways in Romania ...
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Căile Ferate Române
Căile Ferate Române (; abbreviated as the CFR) was the state railway carrier of Romania. The company was dissolved on 1 October 1998 by splitting into several successor companies. CFR as an entity existed from 1880, even though the first railway on current Romanian territory was opened in 1854. CFR was divided into four autonomous companies: * ''CFR Călători'', responsible for passenger services; * ''CFR Marfă'', responsible for freight transport; * ''Compania Națională de Căi Ferate CFR'', manages the infrastructure on the Romanian railway network; and * ''Societatea Feroviară de Turism'', or SFT, which manages Heritage railway, scenic and tourist railways. CFR was headquartered in Bucharest and had regional divisions centered in Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Craiova, Galați, Iași, and Timișoara. Its International Union of Railways code is 53-CFR. History Railways in the nineteenth century The first railway line on Romania's present-day territory w ...
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DN1A
DN1A () is a national road in Romania connecting Bucharest and Brașov via Ploiești which is long. It serves as an alternative to the route through the Valea Prahovei (Prahova Valley). See also * DN1 *Roads in Romania *Transport in Romania Transportation infrastructure in Romania is the property of the state, and is administered by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Constructions and Tourism, except when operated as a concession, in which case the concessions are mad ... References Roads in Romania {{Romania-road-stub ...
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Buftea
Buftea () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, located north-west of Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc .... One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town. The film studios MediaPro Pictures and the Buftea Palace of the Știrbei family are located in Buftea. Natives * Mihai Aioani (born 1999), footballer * Marius Bâtfoi (born 1990), footballer * Elisa Brătianu (1870–1957), aristocrat and political figure * Alina Eremia (born 1993), singer and TV personality * Daniela Druncea (born 1990), rowing coxswain and artistic gymnast * (1904–1984), engineer, member of the Romanian Academy * Nicolae Grigore (born 1983), footballer * Constantin Lupulescu (born 1984), chess grandmaster * Barbu Știrbey (1872–1946), Prime Minister o ...
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Chitila
Chitila () is a town in the west of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, situated to the north-west of Bucharest. It is often seen as a satellite town of Bucharest. One village, Rudeni, is administered by the town. Transport Chitila is linked to Bucharest by two bus routes (r476 and r429 run by Ecotrans STCM). The serves two of the CFR main railway lines emanating from Bucharest: Lines 500 and 300, going to Ploiești and Târgoviște. Natives * Teohari Georgescu Teohari Georgescu (January 31, 1908 – December 31, 1976) was a Romanian statesman and a high-ranking member of the Romanian Communist Party. Early life Born in Chitila, near Bucharest, he was the third of seven children of Constantin and ... (1908–1976), Communist politician Other The Romanian 1st Surface to Air Missiles Brigade has its headquarters in Chitila. References Populated places in Ilfov County Localities in Muntenia Towns in Romania {{Ilfov-geo-stub ...
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Săbăreni
Săbăreni is a commune located in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to .... It is composed of a single village, Săbăreni. References Communes in Giurgiu County Localities in Muntenia {{Giurgiu-geo-stub ...
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Joița
Joița is a commune located in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bâcu and Joița. The commune is located on the northeastern edge of the county, on the right bank of the Dâmbovița River and on the left bank of the Ciorogârla River, on the border with Ilfov County. It is crossed by the county road DJ602, which connects it to the south with Ciorogârla and Domnești in Ilfov County (where it intersects with Centura București) and with Romania's capital, Bucharest, and to the northeast with Săbăreni and further in Ilfov County with the towns of Chitila (where it intersects with DN7) and Buftea (where it ends in DN1A DN1A () is a national road in Romania connecting Bucharest and Brașov via Ploiești which is long. It serves as an alternative to the route through the Valea Prahovei (Prahova Valley). See also * DN1 *Roads in Romania *Transport in Romania ...). References Communes in Giurgiu County Localities in Muntenia {{Gi ...
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Ciorogârla
Ciorogârla is a commune in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ciorogârla and Dârvari. The Ciorogârla River flows through this location; its name, of Slavic origin, means "murky stream". The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, on the banks of the Ciorogârla River. It is located in the western part of Ilfov County, about from Bucharest, on the border with Giurgiu County. The , located in Ciorogârla village, was founded in 1808 by '' vornic'' Constantin Samurcaș; the church interior was painted by Gheorghe Tattarescu in 1870. Severely affected by the 1940 Vrancea earthquake, the church was demolished and rebuild soon after, under the supervision of the Ilfov County Prefect, Tudorancea Ciurea. Natives * Marin Ion (born 1955), football player and manager References Further reading *Magazin Istoric ''Magazin Istoric'' () is a Romanian monthly magazine. Overview ''Magazin Istoric'' was started in 1967. T ...
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Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Romanian). It is situated between the Danube (south and east), the Carpathian Mountains (the Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia (both north), and the Olt River to the west. The latter river is the border between Muntenia and Oltenia (or ''Lesser Wallachia''). Part of the traditional border between Wallachia/Muntenia and Moldavia was formed by the rivers Milcov and Siret. Geography Muntenia includes București - Ilfov, Sud - Muntenia, and part of the Sud-Est development regions. It consists of nine counties entirely: * Brăila * Buzău * Călărași * Argeș * Dâmbovița * Giurgiu * Ialomița * Ilfov * Prahova And parts of four others: * Teleorman (the entire county with the exception of Islaz) * Vrancea (southern p ...
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