Glina is a commune in the south-east of Ilfov county,

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 seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...

, Romania. Its name is derived from Slavic ''Glina'', meaning "clay". It is composed of three villages: Cățelu, Glina and Manolache. The commune is the site of the

Glina sewage treatment plant Glina is a word of Slavic origin, meaning "clay". It may refer to: *Glina (river) in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina *Glina, Croatia, a town in Croatia **Glina massacres, 1941 * Glina, Piotrków County in Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland) *Gl ...

. Cățelu is the site of Battery 9–10, the best known – and most visited – former military fort from a defensive circle of fortifications surrounding Bucharest that was built in the late 19th century, during the reign of King

Carol I Carol I or Charles I of Romania (20 April 1839 – ), born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince (''Domnitor'') from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914. He w ...

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Communes in Ilfov County Localities in Muntenia Place names of Slavic origin in Romania {{Ilfov-geo-stub