Slatina (, ) is the capital city of

Olt County Olt County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt River, Olt river). The capital city is Slatina, Roma ...

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, on the river Olt. It is located in the south of Romania, on the eastern side of the river Olt, in the historical region of

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. The population was 63,487 in 2021; the urban area has around 85,000 inhabitants. It is an important industrial center. The city administers one village, Cireașov.

History

The town of Slatina was first mentioned on January 20, 1368 in an official document issued by Vladislav I Vlaicu,

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. The document stated that merchants from the

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n city of

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would not pay

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when passing through Slatina. The word ''Slatina'' is of Slavic origin, and means "''marsh, swamp, watery plain''".

Economy

Alro Slatina, the largest

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producing factories in

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, is located in the city. Other companies based in Slatina include ALPROM (which, like ALRO, is a

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of VIMETCOGROUP), Altur (engine set manufacturer),

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Tires Romania (tire-manufacturer), Steel Cord Romania (steel cord for tires), Artrom Steel Tubes (seamless steel tubes), Prysmian (electronic and electric wires and cables) and Benteler. One of the oldest private businesses in Romania is the Slatina-based pastry shop ''Atletul Albanez'' ("The

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n Athlete")."Atletul albanez al halviței cu bragă" ("The Albanian Athlete of Nougat and Boza")
in '' Gândul'', April 12, 2006

Sport

There is an

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club in Slatina, CSM Slatina, that plays in

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

(the second league of Romania). The women's handball section of CSM Slatina also represent the city in the top handball league of Romania.

Natives

Petre S. Aurelian Petre Sebeșanu Aurelian, () 13 December 1833 – 24 January 1909, was a Romanian economist, politician and academic. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he served as a Prime Minister of Romania between 2 December 1896 and 12 April 1 ...

- politician * Aurelia Brădeanu - handball player *

Ionel Dănciulescu Ionel Daniel Dănciulescu (born 6 December 1976) is a Romanian former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward, currently head of youth development at Liga III club CS Dinamo Bucureșt ...

- football player * Felicia Filip - operatic soprano * Iulian Filipescu - football player * Mădălina Diana Ghenea - actress and model *

Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco (; ; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre#Avant-garde, French avant-garde th ...

- playwright *

Claudiu Niculescu Claudiu Iulian Niculescu (born 23 June 1976) is a Romanian football coach and former striker, currently in charge of Liga II club CSM Slatina. Club career Early career Claudiu Niculescu was born in Slatina and started playing football at th ...

- football player *

Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 28 in singles and No. 11 in doubles. She has won three singles and 10 dou ...

- tennis player

References

External links

Livecam Slatina, Olt --- Strada Crișan (Libertății - Primăverii)
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