Drăgănești-Olt () is a town in

Olt County Olt County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt river). The capital city is Slatina. History On 24 August 2017, the Olt 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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. The first document mentioning it is from 1526. Drăgănești-Olt became a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in 1968. The town administers one village, Comani.

Geography

The town is situated on 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 ...

. It lies on the left bank of the river

Olt Olt or OLT may refer to: People: * Károly Olt (1904–1985), Hungarian politician * Mike Olt (born 1988), American baseball player Places: * Olt County, a county (județ) of Romania * Olt (river), a river in Romania ** Olt Defile, a defile that ...

, at an altitude of approximately . It is located in the central part of Olt County, at a distance of from the county seat, Slatina, and north of

Turnu Măgurele Turnu Măgurele () is a city in Teleorman County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between the Olt River and the Dan ...

. The town is crossed by

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DJ546, which meets national road

DN6 DN6 ( ro, Drumul Național 6) is a national road in Romania which links Bucharest with the Banat region in the western part of the country and further to the East-European capitals Budapest and Belgrade via the border with Hungary near Cenad. I ...

a few miles to the south. The Drăgănești-Olt train station serves the CFR Line 900, which runs from

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 ...

, to the east, to

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and the border with

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to the west.

Natives

Cosmin Achim Cosmin Florin Achim (born 19 September 1995) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a defender. Honours ;FC Voluntari *Liga II: 2014–15 *Liga III: 2013–14 * Cupa României: 2016–17 * Supercupa României: 2017 File:2017 Events Collag ...

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Daniel Oprița Daniel Ionel Oprița (born 10 August 1981) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player. He is the manager of Steaua București. Club career Oprița began his career at FCM Reșița in 2000 in Liga II, the second ...

Constantin Tobescu Constantin Tobescu (January 28, 1893 – December 2, 1951) was a Romanian general of the Romanian Gendarmerie (''Jandarmeria'') during World War II, deserter during the King Michael's Coup of August 23, 1944, one of the principal executors of ...

References

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