Herăști is a commune located in

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 – over 96% * Roman ...

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. It is composed of two villages, Herăști and Miloșești. Until 2004, these were part of

Hotarele Hotarele is a commune located in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Hotarele. Until 2004, it included Isvoarele, Teiușu, Herăști and Miloșești villages; the first two were split off that year to form Isvoa ...

Commune, when they were split off to form a separate commune. The commune is located about 35 km southeast of downtown Bucharest via route

DN4 DN4 ( ro, Drumul Național 4) is a national road in Romania which links Bucharest with Oltenița, on the banks of Danube. The road is running north - south and is following the Argeș River. Outside of Bucharest, the only main intersections betw ...

, at the border between Giurgiu County and Călărași County. On the southern border of the commune flows the Argeș River, from west to east. According to the 2011 census, the majority of the inhabitants are Romanians (76.15%), with a minority of

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(19.29%).

Natives

Paula Ivan Paula Ivan (born 20 July 1963 as Ionescu, later known as Ilie) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. Born in Herăști, Giurgiu County, she graduated from the Gheorghe Șincai High School in Bucharest in 1982. In 1987, Ivan won gold ...

Udriște Năsturel Udriște Năsturel, first name also Uriil, Uril, Ioriste, or Oreste, last name also Năsturelovici (1596 or 1598 – ca. 1658), was a Wallachian scholar, poet, and statesman, the brother-in-law of Prince Matei Basarab through his sister Elena Nă ...

References

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