Răcari is a town located 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 ...

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 administers seven villages: Bălănești, Colacu, Ghergani, Ghimpați, Mavrodin, Săbiești, and Stănești. It was declared a town in 2004. The town is located in the southeastern part of the county, northwest of

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 ...

, on road

DN7 DN7 () is a national road in Romania, which links Bucharest with the Banat region, in western Romania. It is further to the eastern European capitals Budapest and Belgrade via the border with Hungary at Nădlac. It is a high-traffic road and the ...

. It lies 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 ...

, at an altitude of , and is traversed by the rivers Colentina and Ilfov. Răcari borders the following

communes A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

: Bilciurești and

Cojasca Cojasca is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Cojasca, Fântânele, and Iazu. At the 2011 census, the commune had 8,276 inhabitants, of which 77.8% were Roma and 22.2% Romanians Roman ...

to the north,

Tărtășești Tărtășești is a commune in the Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, located northwest of Bucharest. It has a population of 6,158 as of 2021. It is composed of three villages: Bâldana, Gulia, and Tărtășești. The Bucharest–Târgovi ...

and Ciocănești to the south, Butimanu to the east, and Conțești and

Cornățelu Cornățelu is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, 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 ...

to the west.

Notable residents

Ion Ghica Ion Ghica (; 12 August 1816 – 7 May 1897) was a Romanian statesman, mathematician, diplomat and politician, who was Prime Minister of Romania five times. He was a full list of members of the Romanian Academy, member of the Romanian Academy an ...

Prince of Samos The Principality of Samos (, ; ; ) was an autonomous tributary state of the Ottoman Empire from 1834 to 1912. The island of Samos had participated in the Greek War of Independence since 1821 and successfully resisted several Turkish and Egyptian a ...

(1854–1859) and the 5th

Prime Minister of Romania The prime minister of Romania (), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania (), is the head of the Government of Romania, Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled ''President of the Council of Ministers'' (), when ...

(1866), died in 1897 at his estate in Ghergani *

Donar Munteanu Donar Munteanu (born Dimitrie Munteanu;Durnea, p. 618 Rodica Zafiu, "Munteanu Donar", in Aurel Sasu (ed.), ''Dicționarul biografic al literaturii române'', Vol. II, p. 155. Pitești: Editura Paralela 45, 2004. Mihail Straje, ''Dicționar de ps ...

(1886–1972), poet and magistrate, born in Răcari *

Ionelia Zaharia Ionelia Zaharia (née Neacșu; born 13 August 1985) is a Romanian rower. She competed in the women's Double Sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially brande ...

(born 1985), rower, born in Răcari

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Notable residents

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