Necșești is a

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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,

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. It is composed of three villages: Belciug, Gârdești, and Necșești.

Demographics

According to the

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, the population of Necșești was 1,306, a decrease from 1,623 in 2002; out of the 1,306 inhabitants, 1,251 declared to be

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. As for religious denomination, the majority of the residents were

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, with a small minority of

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. At the

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, the commune's population had decreased to 1,017, of which 90.86% were Romanians.

Natives

* Florea Dumitrescu (1927 – 2018), economist and diplomat

Politics and Administration

Necșești is administered by a mayor and a local council composed of 9 councilors. The current mayor, Marian-Ilie Bănăseanu, is from the

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, and has been in office since 2016. As of the

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, the local council has the following composition by political parties:

References

Communes in Teleorman County Localities in Muntenia {{Teleorman-geo-stub