Desa 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, ...

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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with a population of 4,609 people as of 2021. It is composed of a single village, Desa. The village is the location of the Castra of Desa, a Roman fort constructed in the 3rd century. A war memorial is dedicated in the centre of the village to local losses in the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

Natives

* Adriana Barbu (born 1961), long-distance runner * Vasile Brînzănescu (born 1945), mathematician, honorary member of the Romanian Academy

References

Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia Populated places on the Danube {{Dolj-geo-stub