Ghimpați is a commune located in

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 ...

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 composed of four villages: Copaciu, Ghimpați, Naipu, and Valea Plopilor. The commune is situated in 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 river

Câlniștea The Câlniștea is a right tributary of the river Neajlov in Romania. It discharges into the Neajlov in Călugăreni. Its length is and its basin size is .Angheluță Vădineanu, Carmen Postolache, Georgia Cosor, Teodora Pălărie, Costel Negrei ...

and its left tributary, the Glavacioc. It is located in the central-west part of

, north of the county seat,

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 ...

, on the border with

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 ...

. 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 connects Ghimpați to

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 ...

, to the northeast. Two other roads bifurcate from DN6 in the locality: , which goes to Giurgiu, and , which goes north to

Găești Găești () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 12,583 as of 2021. History The name of the town comes from a family of nobles (boyars) who owned most of the lands on which the town is now situated. Their nam ...

Natives

* Liviu Ciobotariu (born 1971),football manager and former player *

Gheorghe Cristescu Gheorghe Cristescu (October 10, 1882 in Copaciu, Giurgiu County – November 29, 1973 in Timișoara) was a Romanian socialist and, for a part of his life, communist militant. Nicknamed "Plăpumarul" ("The Blanket Maker"), he is also occasionally ...

(1882 – 1973), socialist and then communist militant, first general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party

References

Communes in Giurgiu County Localities in Muntenia {{Giurgiu-geo-stub