Perșinari is a commune in

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (; also spelt Dîmbovița) is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It is a traditional administra ...

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. It is composed of a single village, Perșinari. The commune was established in 2004, when the village was split off from Văcărești Commune to form a separate entity.

History

At the end of the 19th century, Perșinari was part of

and comprised only the residence village with 1,053 inhabitants. There was a school, a church and a

water mill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production ...

. In 1925, the Anuarul Socec noted that 1,521 inhabitants lived in one village of the commune of Perșinari in the

Titu Titu () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,291 . Location The town in located in the southern part of the county, in the center of the Wallachian Plain. It lies at a distance of from the county seat, Tâ ...

side of the same county. In 1950, the commune was moved to the Titu district of

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, and in 1968 it returned to Dâmbovița County. The municipality of Perșinari was re-established in 2004, in accordance with the village of Perșinari's old composition.

Natives

* Ion Dolănescu (1944–2009), singer of folk music, politician

References

Communes in Dâmbovița County Localities in Muntenia {{Dâmboviţa-geo-stub