Scornicești () is a town in

Olt County Olt County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt River, Olt river). The capital city is Slatina, Roma ...

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, with a population of 10,795. The town administers 13 villages (Bălțați, Bircii, Chițeasca, Constantinești, Jitaru, Mărgineni-Slobozia, Mihăilești-Popești, Mogoșești, Negreni, Piscani, Rusciori, Șuica, and Teiuș) and has a total area of , being the locality with the largest area in the county of Olt, surpassing even its capital, Slatina. Scornicești is situated in the historical region of

Oltenia Oltenia (), also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions – with the alternative Latin names , , and between 1718 and 1739 – is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Da ...

. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the

Romanian rural systematization program The Romanian rural systematization program was a Social engineering (political science), social engineering program undertaken by Nicolae Ceaușescu's Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania primarily at the end of the 1980s. The legal framework f ...

History

Scornicești was the birthplace of communist leader

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( ; ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last Communism, communist leader of Socialist Romania, Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 u ...

, who lived there until the age of 11, when he left for

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to become a

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. During his dictatorship, Ceaușescu wanted to make Scornicești a "model town" to house the newly created " Socialist Man". Consequently, in 1988, he began his plan by demolishing the traditional village houses and replacing them with apartment buildings, and changed the town's status from "village" to "city" (however, the

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s did not destroy Ceaușescu's birth home, which is now one of the local attractions
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. Ceaușescu also built a large stadium (with a capacity of 18,000 spectators) for the local football team, FC Olt, which, with the help of the Ceaușescus, was promoted to

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

. Nowadays, the team plays in the Olt County Championship. The Scornicești Solar Park power system of solar panels is located in the town.

Natives

* Radu Băldescu (1888–1953), major general during World War II * Ion Barbu (born 1977), footballer * Marin Ceaușescu (1916–1989), economist and diplomat, the older brother of Nicolae *

(1918–1989), communist politician, general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last communist leader of Romania *

Valentin Coșereanu Valentin Coșereanu (born 17 July 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Liga II club AFC Câmpulung Muscel.Emil Dică (born 1982), footballer

Notes

References

* Florian Bichir
"Scornicești, oaza de capitalism"
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Evenimentul Zilei ''Evenimentul Zilei'' is a formerly physical and now exclusively online newspaper in Romania. Its name translates to "The event of the day" or "Today's event". History and profile ''Evenimentul Zilei'' was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nisto ...

'', 25 January 2004 * Alex Nedea, Catalin Pruteanu
"Scornicești, again a village"
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Jurnalul Național ''Jurnalul Național'' is a Romanian newspaper, part of the INTACT Media Group led by Dan Voiculescu, which also includes the popular television station Antena 1. The newspaper was launched in 1993. Its headquarters is in Bucharest Buchares ...

'', 21 July 2005

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scornicesti Towns in Romania Populated places in Olt County Localities in Muntenia