Călărași () is a county (

județ A (, plural ) is an administrative division in Romania, and was also used from 1940 to 1947 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic and from 1998 to 2003 in Moldova. There are 41 in Romania, divided into municipii (municipalities), ''ora ...

) of

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 ...

on the border with

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

, in

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 ...

, with the county seat at

Călărași Călărași (), the capital of Călărași County in the Muntenia region, is situated in south-east Romania, on the banks of the Danube's Borcea branch, at about from the Bulgarian border and from Bucharest. It is one of six Romanian county se ...

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 285,050 and a population density of 56.02/km². *

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

– 94.1% * Romani – 5.7% * Turks - 0.1% * Unknown - 0.1%

List of cities by population

All the data, except Călărași, is as of 2002. *

(county's capital and largest city) – 73,823 (as of 2005) *

Oltenița Oltenița () is a Municipiu, city in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania, on the left bank of the river Argeș (river), Argeș, where its waters flow into the Danube. Geography The city is located in the southwestern part of the county; it sta ...

– 27,217 * Modelu (county's largest village) – 9,804 * Budești (with Crivăț village) – 9,709 * Borcea (village) – 9,676 * Dragalina (village) – 8,760 *

Chirnogi Chirnogi is a commune in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Chirnogi. The commune is situated in the south of the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of , on the left bank of the Danube, where the Argeș Riv ...

(village) – 8,131 The other two towns of Călărași county (

Lehliu Gară Lehliu Gară is a small town in the middle of the Bărăgan region in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania, with a railway station and a national road linking the seaside Constanța and the county capital, Călărași Călărași (), the ca ...

and Fundulea) have a population under 8,000 inhabitants.

Geography

This county has an area of 5,088 km². The entire area lies in the southern part of the

Bărăgan Plain The Bărăgan Plain ( ) is a steppe plain in south-eastern Romania. It makes up much of the eastern part of the Wallachian Plain. The region is known for its black soil and a rich humus, and is mostly a cereal-growing area. It is bounded on the s ...

and is crossed by small rivers with deep valleys. On its southern and eastern sides there is the valley of the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

which, on the eastern side, splits into a number of branches, forming islands, now drained. On the western side, the rivers Argeș and Dâmbovița form a wide valley before flowing into the

Neighbours

Constanța County Constanța () is a Counties of Romania, county (județ) of Romania on the Bulgaria–Romania border, border with Bulgaria, in the Dobruja region. Its capital city is also named Constanța. Demographics In 2021, it had a population of 655,997 ...

to the East. *

Ilfov County Ilfov () is the Counties of Romania, county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, whi ...

and

Giurgiu County Giurgiu () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 265,494 and the population density was . * Romanians – 96% * Romani ...

to the West. *

Ialomița County Ialomița County () is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Slobozia. Demographics In 2011, the county had a population of 258,669 and the population density was 58.08/km2. Romanians make up 95.6% of the population, t ...

to the North. *

to the South –

Silistra Province Silistra Province (, ''Oblast Silistra'') is a province of Bulgaria. Formerly known as the Silistra okrug, it is located on the northeast corner of Bulgaria. The province is part of the Southern Dobrudja region, with its largest and major city ...

Economy

Agriculture is the county's main industry, generating about 3% of the entire country's agricultural output. The county's industries: * Metallurgy – there is a big metallurgical plant in

, similar to the one in

Galați Galați ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the river Danube. and the sixth-larges ...

* Food processing * Textiles * Construction materials

Tourism

Tourism in the county is uncommon. There are only 3 hotels in Călărași County

The main tourist destinations: * The town of

; * The town of

; * Fishing on the

Politics

The Călărași County Council, elected at the 2020 Romanian local elections, 2020 local elections, consists of 30 counsellors, with the following party composition:

Administrative divisions

Călărași County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 50 communes * Municipalities **

– county seat; population: 65,181 (as of 2011) **

* Towns ** Budești ** Fundulea ** Lehliu-Gară * Communes ** Alexandru Odobescu ** Belciugatele ** Borcea ** Căscioarele **

** Chiselet ** Crivăț ** Ciocănești ** Curcani ** Cuza Vodă ** Dichiseni ** Dor Mărunt ** Dorobanțu ** Dragalina ** Dragoș Vodă ** Frăsinet ** Frumușani ** Fundeni ** Gălbinași ** Grădiștea ** Gurbănești ** Ileana ** Independența ** Jegălia ** Lehliu ** Luica ** Lupșanu ** Mânăstirea ** Mitreni ** Modelu ** Nana **

Nicolae Bălcescu Nicolae Bălcescu () (29 June 181929 November 1852) was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution. Early life Born in Bucharest to a family of low-ranking nobility, he used his mother ...

** Perișoru ** Plătărești ** Radovanu ** Roseți ** Sărulești ** Sohatu ** Spanțov ** Șoldanu ** Ștefan cel Mare **

Ștefan Vodă Ștefan Vodă () is a city and the administrative centre of Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova. History Ștefan Vodă appeared on a map of the region for the first time in 1884, and was then resettled in 1909 as a small German colony. The town was ...

** Tămădău Mare ** Ulmeni ** Ulmu ** Unirea ** Valea Argovei ** Vasilați ** Vâlcelele ** Vlad Țepeș

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