Bârca is a commune in

Dolj County Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)-Jiu River, 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, ...

Oltenia Oltenia (), also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions – with the alternative Latin names , , and between 1718 and 1739 – is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Da ...

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 ...

with a population of 3,720 people as of 2021. It is composed of a single village, Bârca.

Natives

Marin Ceaușu Marin Ceaușu (15 August 1891–21 August 1954) was a Romanian brigadier-general during World War II. Biography He was born in Bârca, Dolj County. After graduating in 1913 from military school with the rank of second lieutenant, he commanded a ...

(1891–1954), brigadier-general during World War II

References

Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub