Ialomița County () is a county (
județ
A ''județ'' (, plural ) is an administrative division in Romania, and was also used from 1940 to 1947 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1998 to 2003 in Moldova.
''Județ'' translates into English as "jurisdiction", but is com ...
) of
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, in
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 ...
, with the capital city at
Slobozia.
Demographics
In 2011, the county had a population of 258,669 and the
population density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopul ...
was 58.08/km
2.
Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...
make up 95.6% of the population, the largest minority being the
Romani people
The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sig ...
(4.1%).
Geography
Ialomița County has a total area of . The county is situated in the
Bărăgan Plain
The Bărăgan Plain ( ro, Câmpia Bărăganului ) is a steppe plain in south-eastern Romania. It makes up much of the eastern part of the Wallachian Plain. The region is known for its black soil and a rich humus, and is mostly a cereal-growing are ...
. The area is flat crossed by small rivers with small but deep valleys.
Its eastern border is on the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
. The
Ialomița River crosses the county from West to East about the middle. The Danube is split around the
Ialomița Pond into the Old Danube branch and the
Borcea
Borcea is a commune situated in the eastern part of Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is one of the most populous communes in the county and it is situated on the west bank of the Borcea branch (a section of the Danube). The commune was f ...
branch.
Until 1940 (in the western part) and 1967 (in the eastern part) the county/plain was home of the
great bustard (''dropie'' in
Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
), with large populations of this bird. The birds disappeared because of the massive village buildout and hunting them for food.
Neighbours
*
Constanța County in the East.
*
Ilfov County in the West.
*
Brăila County,
Buzău County, and
Prahova County
Prahova County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 762,886 and the population density was 161/km². It is Romania's third mos ...
in the North.
*
Călărași County in the South.
Economy
Agriculture is the main occupation in the county. Industry is almost entirely concentrated in the city of
Slobozia.
The predominant industries in the county are:
* Food industry.
* Textile industry.
* Mechanical components industry.
Tourism
The main tourist destinations are:
* The city of
Slobozia.
Politics
The Ialomița County Council, renewed at the
2020 local elections, consists of 30 counsellors, with the following party composition:
Administrative divisions
Ialomița County has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 59 communes.
*Municipalities
**
Fetești
Fetești () is a city in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located in the Bărăgan plain, on the Borcea branch of the Danube. Fetești has the second largest population in Ialomița, after Slobozia.
In 1895, the King Carol I railway ...
- population: 27,122 (as of 2011)
**
Slobozia - capital city; population: 43,061 (as of 2011)
**
Urziceni - population: 14,053 (as of 2011)
*Towns
**
Amara
**
Căzănești
Căzănești is a town in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is situated on the left bank of the river Ialomița, 30 km west of Slobozia
Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 48,2 ...
**
Fierbinți-Târg
Fierbinți-Târg is a town in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. The town administers three villages: Fierbinții de Jos, Fierbinții de Sus, and Grecii de Jos.
The commune is located in the western part of the county, bordering on Ilfov County ...
**
Țăndărei
*Communes
**
Adâncata
**
Albești
**
Alexeni
Alexeni is a commune in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, some 65 km north-east of Bucharest, near the town of Urziceni. It is composed of a single village, Alexeni.
Until 2001 a Romanian Air Force military helicopters unit was located a ...
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Andrășești
Andrășești is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It ...
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Armășești
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Axintele
Axintele is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, ...
**
Balaciu
Balaciu is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, ...
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Bărcănești
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Bărbulești
**
Borănești
**
Bordușani
Bordușani is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It ...
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Bucu
Bucu or Buku is a hill island surrounded by the Trave and Wakenitz Rivers in Lübeck, Germany. It is also the name of a medieval Slavic castle, now ruined, on the island. Count Adolf II of Holstein founded Lübeck on the island in 1143. The ''Burg ...
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Buești
**
Ciocârlia
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Ciochina
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Ciulnița
Ciulnița is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Ciulnița, Ion Ghica, Ivănești, and Poiana.
The commune is located in the south-central part of the county, on the border with Călărași ...
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Cocora
**
Colelia
**
Cosâmbești
Cosâmbești is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Cosâmbești and Gimbășani. It also included Mărculești village until 2005, when this was split off to form Mărculești
Mărculești ...
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Coșereni
Coșereni is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, about to the northeast of Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Coșereni.
History
On October 30, 1992, the singers Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici
Doina and Io ...
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Drăgoești
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Dridu
Dridu is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Dridu and Dridu-Snagov. It also included Moldoveni village until 2005, when it was split off to form Moldoveni Commune.
Dridu is situated at the we ...
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Făcăeni
**
Gârbovi
**
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Given name
* Gheorghe Adamescu
* Gheorghe Albu
* Gheorghe Alexandrescu
* Gheorghe Andriev
* Gheorghe Apostol
* G ...
**
Gheorghe Lazăr
Gheorghe Lazăr (5 June 1779 – 17 September 1823), born and died in Avrig, Sibiu County, was a Transylvanian, later Romanian scholar, the founder of the first Romanian language school in Bucharest, 1817.
Biography
A Habsburg Empire subject, ...
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Giurgeni
Giurgeni is a commune located on the left bank of the Danube, in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Giurgeni.
Giurgeni is linked with Vadu Oii–Hârșova over the Danube via the Giurgeni–Vadu Oii Bridge.
...
**
Grindu
**
Grivița
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Gura Ialomiței
Gura Ialomiței is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the ...
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Ion Roată
Ion Roată (; also known as Ioan Roată or Moș Ion Roată; 1806 in Câmpuri, Vrancea County – 20 February 1882 in Gura Văii) was a Moldavian, later Romanian peasant and political figure. Roată was representative in the Moldavian ad hoc Divan ...
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Jilavele
Jilavele is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Jilavele and Slătioarele.
The commune is located in the northwestern corner of the county, bordering on both Prahova County and Buzău County. I ...
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Maia
Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; la, Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus.
Family
Maia is the daugh ...
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Manasia
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Mărculești
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Mihail Kogălniceanu
Mihail Kogălniceanu (; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on October 11, 1863, ...
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Miloșești
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Moldoveni
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Movila
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Movilița
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Munteni-Buzău
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Ograda
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Perieți
**
Platonești
Platonești is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Lăcusteni and Platonești. These were part of Săveni
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Rădulești
Rădulești (''Rădulești-Filitis'' from 1956 to 1960; ''Brazii'' from 1960 to 2011) is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central ...
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Reviga
Reviga is a commune located in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders ...
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Roșiori
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Sălcioara
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Sărățeni
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Săveni
Săveni ( hu, Szöven) is a small town located in Botoșani County in the Western Moldavia region in northeastern Romania. There is an archaeology museum located in the town.
Near Săveni at 47°56′2.27″N 26°50′19.58″E, there is a 2 ...
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Scânteia
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Sfântu Gheorghe
Sfântu Gheorghe (; hu, Sepsiszentgyörgy or ''Szentgyörgy'' ; yi, סנט דזשארדזש; English lit.: ''Saint George'') is the capital city of Covasna County, Romania. Located in the central part of the country and in the historical regio ...
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Sinești
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Stelnica
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Sudiți
The ''Sudiți'' (plural of ''Sudit'' - Romanian language, from Italian ', meaning "subject" or "citizen") were inhabitants of the Danubian Principalities (Wallachia and Moldavia) who, for the latter stage of the 18th and a large part of the 19th c ...
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Traian
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Valea Ciorii
**
Valea Măcrișului
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Vlădeni
Historical county
Historically, the county was located in the southeastern part of Greater Romania, in the southeastern part of the historical region of
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 ...
. The county comprised a large part of the current Ialomița County and of today's
Călărași County. It was bordered to the west by
Ilfov County, to the north by the counties of
Prahova,
Buzău and
Brăila
Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila.
According to the 2011 Romanian census there were 180,302 pe ...
, to the east by
Constanța County, and in the south by
Durostor County
Durostor County was a county (''județ'') of the Kingdom of Romania, in Southern Dobruja, with the seat at Silistra.
The county was located in the south-eastern part of Greater Romania, in the southern Dobrogea region, known as Cadrilater. Current ...
.
With an area of , Ialomița County was one of the largest counties of Greater Romania.
Administration
The county was originally divided administratively into five districts (''
plăși''):
[Portretul României Interbelice - Județul Ialomița]
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#Plasa Călărași, headquartered at Călărași
Călărași (), the capital of Călărași County in the Muntenia region, is situated in south-east Romania, on the banks of the Danube's Borcea branch, at about from the Bulgarian border and from Bucharest.
The city is an industrial centre ...
#Plasa Lehliu, headquartered at Lehliu
Lehliu is a commune in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Lehliu and Săpunari. As of 2011, the population of Lehliu is 2,730.
The commune lies in the Bărăgan Plain. It is located in the northern part of t ...
#Plasa Slobozia, headquartered at Slobozia
#Plasa Țăndărei, headquartered at Țăndărei
#Plasa Urziceni, headquartered at Urziceni
Subsequently, three new districts were added:
- Plasa Căzănești, headquartered at
Căzănești
Căzănești is a town in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is situated on the left bank of the river Ialomița, 30 km west of Slobozia
Slobozia () is the capital city of Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 48,2 ...
- Plasa Dragoș Vodă, headquartered at Dragoș Vodă
- Plasa Fetești, headquartered at
Fetești
Fetești () is a city in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located in the Bărăgan plain, on the Borcea branch of the Danube. Fetești has the second largest population in Ialomița, after Slobozia.
In 1895, the King Carol I railway ...
Population
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 293,352 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 96.6% Romanians, 2.5% Romanies, 0.2% Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the population was 99.3% Eastern Orthodox, 0.2% Jewish, 0.1% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.
Urban population
In 1930, the county's urban population was 34,260 inhabitants, comprising 90.2% Romanians, 6.0% Romnanies, 1.3% Jews, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 97.4% Eastern Orthodox, 1.4% Jewish, 0.5% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.
References
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