Șimian is a commune located in

Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county () of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes (Dubova, Mehedinți, Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svi ...

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 ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of eight villages: Cerneți, Dedovița Nouă, Dedovița Veche, Dudașu, Erghevița, Poroina, Șimian, and Valea Copcii.

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Dimitrie Grecescu Dimitrie Grecescu (June 15, 1841 – October 2, 1910) was a Romanian botanist, physician and historiographer of science. Born in Cerneți, Oltenia, in the Principality of Wallachia, he attended school in his native village and then in nearby Tur ...

(1841–1910), botanist and physician *

Constantin Oțet Constantin 'Tică' Oțet (24 December 1940 – 19 February 1999) was a Romanian football coach. Career Oțet was born in 1940 in Poroina, a village in Șimian commune, Mehedinți County. In 1959, Oțet began playing for Metalul Turnu Seve ...

(1940–1999), football coach * Alexandru Săvulescu (1847–1902), architect *

Sorin Vlaicu Sorin Vlaicu (born 3 June 1965) is a retired Romanian international footballer. Club career Vlaicu was born on 3 June 1965 in Șimian, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1979, aged 14 at local club, Mecanizatorul. He started h ...

(b. 1965), football player

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Communes in Mehedinți County Localities in Oltenia {{Mehedinţi-geo-stub

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