Alexandria () is the capital city of the

Teleorman County Teleorman County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria. The name ''Teleorman'' is of Cumanic ( Turkic) origin. It literally means ''crazy forest'' ...

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 is located south-west 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 ...

, towards the Bulgarian border, and has over 45,000 inhabitants. The

44th parallel north The 44th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 44 degrees north of the Earth, Earth's equator, equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. At this latitu ...

passes just north of the city.

Geography

Alexandria is situated in the middle of 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 ...

, on the banks of the

Vedea River The Vedea () is a river in southern Romania that flows from the Cotmeana Plateau and empties into the Danube. It has a total length of 224 km, of which 33 km is regulated. Its drainage basin area is 5,430 km2. It flows in Argeș, ...

. It is located in the central part of Teleorman County, at a distance of from

Giurgiu Giurgiu (; bg, Гюргево) is a city in southern Romania. The seat of Giurgiu County, it lies in the historical region of Muntenia. It is situated amongst mud-flats and marshes on the left bank of the Danube facing the Bulgarian city ...

and from Bucharest. The city is traversed by the

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the Federal Government of the United States, federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Pot ...

DN6, which links Bucharest to the

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

region in western Romania; the road is part of

European route The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The network is numbered from E1 up and its roads ...

E70. The Alexandria train station serves the CFR Line 909, with service towards

Roșiorii de Vede Roșiorii de Vede (; sometimes Roșiori de Vede or, in old versions, Rușii de Vede) is a city in Teleorman County, Romania. Located in the Muntenia region, it is one of the oldest cities in the country. It was first mentioned in a document whic ...

(to the northwest) and

Zimnicea Zimnicea () is a town in Teleorman County, Romania (in the historic region of Muntenia), a port on the Danube opposite the Bulgarian city of Svishtov. Geography Zimnicea is situated on the left bank of the Danube river. It is the southernmost pl ...

(to the south, on the Danube).

History

Alexandria was named after its founder, Alexandru D. Ghica,

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...

from April 1834 to 7 October 1842. Its population in 1900 was 1,675. Grain, which was Alexandria's main trade at the time, was dispatched both by rail to the Danubian port of Zimnicea and by river to Giurgiu. In 1989, the city had over 63,000 inhabitants and more than six large factories. A 2020 estimate puts the population at 49,878.

Education

There are three high schools in Alexandria: the Alexandru D. Ghica National College, the Alexandru Ioan Cuza Theoretical High School, and the Constantin Noica Theoretical High School. In 1897, the Ștefan cel Mare School moved from its former location to 310 Libertății Street; a local entrepreneur, M. Frangulea, obtained the plot and hired renowned architect Alexandru Săvulescu to build the new boys' primary school for the city.

Religion

The

Diocese of Alexandria and Teleorman The Diocese of Alexandria and Teleorman ( ro, Episcopia Alexandriei și Teleormanului) is a diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Its see is Saint Alexander Cathedral in Alexandria and its ecclesiastical territory covers Teleorman County. Divide ...

is a diocese of the

Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches, and one of ...

. Its see is in Alexandria and its ecclesiastical territory covers Teleorman County.

Sports

CSM Alexandria Club Sportiv Municipal Alexandria, commonly known as CSM Alexandria or simply as Alexandria, is a Romanian football club from Alexandria, Romania, founded in 1948. It plays in the Romanian Liga III and is one of the most important football clubs ...

is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

club founded in 1948; it plays in the Romanian

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

. CS Universitatea Alexandria is a women's football club founded in 2012. Stadionul Municipal, which holds 5,000 people, is the home ground for both clubs; the stadium is currently undergoing reconstruction. The Alexandria women's basketball team plays in the Liga Națională.

Natives

* Valentin Badea (b. 1982), footballer * Dan Balauru (b. 1980), footballer * (b. 1966), fashion creator * (1899–1976), mayor, lawyer, writer *

Anghel Demetriescu Anghel Demetriescu (October 5, 1847 - July 18, 1903) was a Romanian history, Romanian historian, writer and literary critic, who became a list of members of the Romanian Academy, member of the Romanian Academy in 1902. Childhood and studies Angh ...

(1847–1903), historian * Gheorghe Mihăilescu (1888–?), World War I pilot *

Ciprian Manolescu Ciprian Manolescu (born December 24, 1978) is a Romanian-American mathematician, working in gauge theory, symplectic geometry, and low-dimensional topology. He is currently a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Biography Manoles ...

(b. 1978), mathematician *

Andreea Ogrăzeanu Andreea Luiza Ogrăzeanu (born 24 March 1990, Alexandria) is a Romanian sprinter. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metres and the women's 200 metres. She studied physical education at the University of Craiova The ...

(b. 1990), sprinter * Florin Olteanu (b. 1981), footballer *

Sorin Paraschiv Sorin Ioan Paraschiv (born 17 June 1981) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Steaua București (1999–2007) After being a member of the Steaua Youth Academy, where Paraschiv started to play foot ...

(b. 1981), footballer * Alin Pencea (b. 1992), footballer * Marin Stan (b. 1950), sports shooter * Alina Tecșor (b. 1979), tennis player *

Alin Toșca Alin Dorinel Toșca (; born 14 March 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a centre-back for Italian club Benevento. Club career Early career Born in Alexandria, Teleorman County, Toșca came through FC Steau ...

(b. 1992), footballer * Daniel Tudor (b. 1974), footballer *

Ionuț Voicu Ionuț Cosmin Voicu (born 2 August 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a right back for teams such as FC Brașov, Rapid București and Politehnica Iași, among others. Honours ;FC Brașov *Liga II: 2007–08 ;Ra ...

(b. 1984), footballer

Gallery

References

External links

* * Cities in Romania Capitals of Romanian counties Planned cities in Romania Populated places in Teleorman County Localities in Muntenia {{Teleorman-geo-stub