Sadova 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 ...

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 two villages, Piscu Sadovei and Sadova. Damian village, a separate commune from 1864 to 1908 and from 1923 to 1950, was also part of Sadova Commune from 1908 to 1922 and from 1950 to 1968, when it was abolished. Constantin Bunilă
"Exemplul Victorinei, bun de urmat de gorjeni"
''Gorjeanul'', November 26, 2010 The commune is situated in the south of 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 Jieț, a left tributary 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 ...

Natives

* (born 1953), jurist and politician * Valentin Velcea (born 1973, football player and manager

References

Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub