Lehliu is a commune in Călărași 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 ...

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. 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 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 ...

. It is located in the northern part of the county, from the town of

Lehliu Gară Lehliu Gară is a small town in the middle of the Bărăgan region in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania, with a railway station and a national road linking the seaside Constanța and the county capital, Călărași. Also, the new A2 free- ...

, on the border with Ialomița County. Lehliu is crossed by the national road

DN3 DN3 ( ro, Drumul Național 3) is a national road in Romania, originally linking Bucharest and Constanța via Călărași, but no longer serving this purpose for more than four decades. The road is not complete, in the sense of having a gap across ...

; the A2 motorway runs just south of the commune.

Natives

Mimi Brănescu Mimi Brănescu (; born 31 March 1974) is a Romanian actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 2004. Biography Born in Lehliu, Călărași County, he studied at the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest Buc ...

(born 1974), actor * Mircea Minescu (born 1971), footballer

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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 ...

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