Plătărești is a

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Călărași County Călărași () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Călărași. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 285,050 and a population density of 56.02/km2. * Romanians – 95% ...

, Muntenia,

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. It is composed of four villages: Cucuieți, Dorobanțu, Plătărești, and Podu Pitarului. The commune is located in the southwestern reaches of the Bărăgan Plain, in the western part of the county. At the 2011 census, Plătărești had a population of 4,178. Of those, 88.61% were

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and 4.14%

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. Plătărești Monastery was built in 1632–1646 by

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Matei Basarab Matei Basarab (; 1588, Brâncoveni, Olt – 9 April 1654, Bucharest) was a Wallachian Voivode (Prince) between 1632 and 1654. Reign Much of Matei's reign was spent fighting off incursions from Moldavia, which he successfully accomplished in 1637 ...

Natives

Mihail Dragomirescu Mihail Dragomirescu (March 22, 1868 – November 25, 1942) was a Romanian aesthetician, literary theorist and critic. Born in Plătărești, Călărași County, he completed primary school in his native village in 1881, followed by Bucharest's G ...

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Communes in Călărași County Localities in Muntenia {{Călăraşi-geo-stub