Bucovăț 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 4,224 people. It is composed of seven villages: Bucovăț, Cârligei, Italieni, Leamna de Jos, Leamna de Sus, Palilula and Sărbătoarea.
Italieni village, founded by Italian settlers, was destroyed during the
systematization process of the 1980s.
["Italieni alungați din Dolj în anii ’80"]
''Adevărul'', December 5, 2009
References
Communes in Dolj County
Localities in Oltenia
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