Răcari is a town located in

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (also spelt ''Dîmbovița'', ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It has an area 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 ...

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 ...

. It administers seven villages: Bălănești, Colacu, Ghergani, Ghimpați, Mavrodin, Săbiești and Stănești. It was declared a town in 2004. The town is located in the southeastern part of the county, northwest of

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

, on road

DN7 DN7 ( ro, Drumul Național 7) is a national road in Romania which links Bucharest with the Banat region, in western Romania, and further to the eastern European capitals Budapest and Belgrade via the border with Hungary at Nădlac. It is a high- ...

. It lies in the

Wallachian Plain The Romanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Română) is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain ( sr, Vlaška nizija/Влашка низија). Part of the historical region of Wallachia, it ...

, at an altitude of , and is traversed by the rivers Colentina and

Ilfov Ilfov () is the Counties of Romania, county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of Communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, wh ...

. Răcari borders the following

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

: Bilciurești and

Cojasca Cojasca is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cojasca, Fântânele and Iazu. At the 2011 census, 77.8% of inhabitants were Roma and 22.2% Romanians The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exon ...

to the north, Tărtășești and Ciocănești to the south,

Butimanu Butimanu is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bărbuceanu, Butimanu, Lucianca and Ungureni. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. Natives * Constantin Prezan (1861–1943); a genera ...

to the east, and Conțești and

Cornățelu Cornățelu is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 5,449 people. It is composed of five villages: Alunișu, Bolovani, Cornățelu, Corni, and Slobozia. Natives * Florica Petcu-Dospinescu * Ilie Savu Ilie Sav ...

to the west.

Notable residents

Ion Ghica Ion Ghica (; 12 August 1816 – 7 May 1897) was a Romanian statesman, mathematician, diplomat and politician, who was Prime Minister of Romania five times. He was a full member of the Romanian Academy and its president many times (1876–1882, ...

Prince of Samos The Principality of Samos ( el, Ηγεμονία της Σάμου, ; ota, Sisam İmâreti, script=Latn, italic=yes; tr, Sisam Beyliği) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire from 1834 to 1912. The island of Samos participated ...

(1854–1859) and the 5th

Prime Minister of Romania The prime minister of Romania ( ro, Prim-ministrul României), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania ( ro, Prim-ministrul Guvernului României, link=no), is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was s ...

(1866), died in 1897 at his estate in Ghergani. * Donar Munteanu (1886–1972), a poet, was born in Răcari.

References

Towns in Romania Populated places in Dâmbovița County Localities in Muntenia {{Dâmboviţa-geo-stub