Drăgăneşti-Olt

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Drăgăneşti-Olt
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Drăgănești-Olt (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Great Wallachia
Circle : Olt
Coordinates : 44 ° 10 '  N , 24 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 10 '2 "  N , 24 ° 31' 38"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 68  m
Area : 78.88  km²
Residents : 10,894 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 138 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 235400
Telephone code : (+40) 02 49
License plate : OT
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : city
Structure : 1 District / cadastral municipality: Comani
Mayor : Pantelie Rotaru ( PSD )
Postal address : St. Nicolae Titulescu, no. 150
loc. Drăgăneşti-Olt, jud. Olt, RO-235400
Website :
Others
City Festival : October

Drăgăneşti-Olt is a town in Olt County in Great Wallachia in Romania .

location

Drăgăneşti-Olt is located in the west of the Wallachian Plain on the left bank of the Olt River . The district capital Slatina is located about 35 km northwest.

history

Archaeological research has shown that the city's region has been inhabited since the Neolithic . In the second half of the 1st millennium AD, several small settlements existed in the area of ​​today's city, from which three villages - Drăgăneşti, Uibăreşti (later Peretu), Comani - emerged in the Middle Ages. Uibăreşti was first mentioned in 1475, Drăgăneşti in 1526 and Comani in 1593. In 1860 Drăgăneşti (with the incorporated place Peretu) and Comani received the status of a municipality. In 1908 a hospital was mentioned in Drăgăneşti, and in 1934 a local newspaper appeared. After the Second World War, prefabricated buildings were erected, drinking water pipes were laid and the place was electrified. From 1950 to 1968 Drăgăneşti-Olt (the name suffix "Olt" was added to differentiate it from other localities called Drăgăneşti) was part of the then administrative division of Romania seat of a Rajon . 1968 Drăgăneşti-Olt was declared a city.

The city's main industries are agriculture and food processing. The Olt river is dammed up in Drăgăneşti-Olt to form a lake with a hydroelectric power station.

population

In 1831 there were 195 families in Drăgăneşti, 125 in Peretu and 103 in Comani. In 1885 3022 people lived on the territory of today's city, at the time of the city elevation in 1968 10,560 inhabitants. In the 2002 census, Drăgăneşti-Olt registered 12,195 inhabitants, including 11,342 Romanians and 834 Roma . Around 9,000 lived in Drăgăneşti, 3,000 in Comani.

traffic

Drăgănești-Olt has a station on the double-track and electrified line from Bucharest to Craiova , where express trains also stop. There are bus connections several times a day to the district capital Slatina and Caracal .

Attractions

  • Muzeum Câmpiei Boianului
  • Drăgăneşti reservoir

Web links

Commons : Drăgănești-Olt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
  2. ↑ a b City website, accessed January 2, 2009
  3. ↑ 2002 census, accessed January 2, 2009