Giurgiu County

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Location of Giurgiu County in Romania
Map of Giurgiu County
Coat of arms of Giurgiu County (since 2009)
Coat of arms of Giurgiu County, in the interwar period

Giurgiu ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the Walachia region with the district capital Giurgiu . Its common abbreviation and the license plate are GR. Audio file / audio sample

The Giurgiu County borders in the north to the county Dambovita , in the east of the circles Ilfov and Calarasi in the south of Bulgaria and in the west to the Teleorman County .

Demographics

In 2011 the district of Giurgiu had 281,422 inhabitants, thus a population density of 80 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​3526 km², which corresponds to 1.48% of the area of ​​Romania. Giurgiu County is located in the south of Romania in the Wallachian Plain in the south of the historical region of Great Wallachia . In the south, the district borders on the Danube over a length of 72 kilometers. The Argeș River and its right tributary Neajlov - two of the larger rivers in the district - cross the territory of the Giurgiu District from the northwest to the southeast. In the area of ​​the municipality of Comana , the Neajlov forms Lake Comana , one of the largest lakes in the region.

cities and communes

The Giurgiu County officially consists of 170 localities. 3 of them have the status of a city , 51 that of a municipality. The rest are administratively assigned to the cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality Residents
Giurgiu 61,353
Bolintin-Vale 12,929
Floreşti-Stoeneşti 09,173
Roata de Jos 08,296
Mihăileşti 07,923
Ulmi 07,818
Comana 07,222
Adunații-Copăceni 06,621
Vărăşti 06.317
Călugăreni 06,148
Ghimpați 06,064
Bolintin deal 05,921
Găiseni 05.514
Frăteşti 05,361
(As of October 20, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Giurgiu County  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de