Fundulea
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 Romania
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| Historical region : | Great Wallachia | ||||
| Circle : | Călărași | ||||
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 28 ' N , 26 ° 31' E | ||||
| Time zone : | EET ( UTC +2) | ||||
| Height : | 70 m | ||||
| Area : | 86.11 km² | ||||
| Residents : | 6,851 (October 20, 2011) | ||||
| Population density : | 80 inhabitants per km² | ||||
| Postal code : | 915200 | ||||
| Telephone code : | (+40) 02 42 | ||||
| License plate : | CL | ||||
| Structure and administration (as of 2016) | |||||
| Community type : | city | ||||
| Structure : | 2 districts / cadastral communities: Gostilele , Alexandru Ioan Cuza | ||||
| Mayor : | Dorel Dorobanțu ( PSD ) | ||||
| Postal address : | B-dul 22 Decembrie 1989, no. 151 loc. Fundulea, jud. Călărași, RO-915200 |
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Fundulea is a town in Călărași County in the Wallachia Region in Romania .
location
Fundulea is located in the Great Wallachia 35 km east of the state capital Bucharest , on the upper reaches of the Mostiştea River . The district capital Călărași is located about 75 km southeast.
history
The village was first mentioned in documents in 1778, and that of Gostilele , which is now incorporated , was already mentioned in 1583. Fundulea was characterized by agriculture for a long time. In the 19th century, Bulgarians settled and assimilated in a very short time.
In the 1920s, the poet Mateiu Caragiale owned an estate in Fundulea. After the end of the Second World War , Fundulea became the location of the Institute for Agricultural Research and Development (INDCA).
In 1989 Fundulea was named a city. The most important branches of the economy are agriculture and the chemical industry.
population
In 1930 about 2800 people lived in the area of today's city. In the 2002 census, the city counted 6,691 inhabitants, including 6,192 Romanians and 497 Roma . About 5800 lived in Fundulea itself, the rest in the two incorporated villages.
traffic
Fundulea is on the railway line from Bucharest to Constanța . Currently (2009) around five local trains run in both directions every day; Express trains do not stop at Fundulea station. The A2 motorway and national road 3 run from Bucharest to Constanța to the south of the city . There are regular bus connections to Bucharest and Călărași.
Attractions
- Recreation area at the Lacul Fundulea lake
Born in Fundulea
- Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999), writer
- Gabriel Oprea (* 1961), Romanian Minister of the Interior 2008–2009
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
- ^ Website of the city ( memento of February 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) accessed April 13, 2009
- ^ Werner Krauss: Contributions to Romance Philology . Verlag Rütten & Loening, 1985, p. 66.
- ↑ INDCA , accessed on April 13 of 2009.
- ^ Map of the 1930 census
- ↑ 2002 census , accessed April 10, 2009.
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives: receptie.ro ) accessed April 13, 2009
- ↑ Alex. Ştefănescu about Mircea Nedelciu at romlit.ro ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Romanian)
- ^ Gabriel Oprea on the website of the Romanian House of Representatives
