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 ''wild/crazy for ...

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 rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

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 located south-west of

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

, towards the Bulgarian border, and has over 40,000 inhabitants. The 44th parallel north passes just north of the city.

Geography

Alexandria is situated in the middle of the

Wallachian Plain The Romanian Plain () is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain (). It is part of the larger Eurasian Steppe. It is located in the historical region of Wallachia, and bordered by ...

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

Giurgiu Giurgiu (; ; ) 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 of Ruse on the op ...

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. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...

DN6, which links Bucharest to the

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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 (UNECE). The network is numbered from E1 up and its roads cross national borders. It also reaches Central ...

E70. The Alexandria train station serves the CFR Line 909, with service towards Roșiorii de Vede (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 pla ...

(to the south, on the Danube).

History

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

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Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...

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. The 2021 census puts the population at 40,390.

Education

There are four high schools in Alexandria: the Alexandru D. Ghica National College, the Alexandru Ioan Cuza Theoretical High School, the Mircea Scarlat National Pedagogical College 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 is a diocese of the

Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; , ), or Romanian Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the East ...

. 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 professional football club based in Alexandria, Teleorman County, currently competes in Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian footbal ...

is a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

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. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

. 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 * Adrian Bădulescu (b. 1967), politician * (b. 1966), fashion creator * (1899–1976), mayor, lawyer, writer * Anghel Demetriescu (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 Manolescu ...

(b. 1978), mathematician * Andreea Ogrăzeanu (b. 1990), sprinter * Florin Olteanu (b. 1981), footballer *

Sorin Paraschiv Sorin Ioan Paraschiv (born 17 June 1981) is a Romanian former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, currently team manager at Liga III club CSM Alexandria. Club career Steaua București (1999–2007) After be ...

(b. 1981), footballer * Alin Pencea (b. 1992), footballer * Marin Stan (b. 1950), sports shooter * Alina Tecșor (b. 1979), tennis player * Alin Toșca (b. 1992), footballer * Daniel Tudor (b. 1974), footballer * Mihai Verbițchi (b. 1957), actor * Ionuț Voicu (b. 1984), footballer

Gallery

References

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* * {{Authority control Cities in Romania Capitals of Romanian counties Planned communities in Romania Populated places in Teleorman County Localities in Muntenia