Almăj is a
commune in
Dolj County
Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)-Jiu River, Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to ''Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova.
Demographics
In 2011, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
with a population of 1,792 people as of 2021. It is composed of four villages: Almăj, Bogea, Moșneni, and Șitoaia. It also included Beharca and Coțofenii din Față villages until 2004, when they were split off to form
Coțofenii din Față Commune.
The commune is located in the northern part of the county and belongs to the
Craiova metropolitan area.
References
Communes in Dolj County
Localities in Oltenia
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