Brănești is a commune in the far east of

Ilfov County Ilfov () is the 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 ...

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. Its name is derived from ''Bran'', a Romanian name, and the suffix -ești. It is composed of four villages: Brănești, Islaz, Pasărea, and Vadu Anei. The commune is located east of downtown

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, on the border with

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. It lies on the left bank of the river Pasărea, which separates it from the town of Pantelimon and the commune

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to the west. Brănești is traversed by the A2 motorway, which connects Bucharest to

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on the

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coast, and by

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, which connects Bucharest to

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and on to Constanța. County road DJ100 goes south towards Fundeni and northwest towards Găneasa, Afumați,

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, and

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. The commune also has several train stations that serve the CFR Line 800, which runs from Bucharest to the

coast. , dating from 1813, is located in Pasărea village. The Cătălin Hîldan Stadium was the home stadium of

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, a professional

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founded in 1968 and dissolved in 2012. Brănești has three high schools: the Traian Lalescu Theoretical High School, the Cezar Nicolau Technological High School, and the Theodor Pietraru Forest College.

Natives

* Sorin Ispir * Eduard Pană * Nicolae Zuluf

References

Communes in Ilfov County Localities in Muntenia {{Ilfov-geo-stub