Magurele

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Măgurele (disambiguation) .

Magurele
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Great Wallachia
Circle :	Ilfov
Coordinates :	44 ° 21 '  N , 26 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 20 '59 "  N , 26 ° 1' 52"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	80  m
Area :	45  km²
Residents :	11,041 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	245 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	077125
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 1
License plate :	IF
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Structure :	4 districts / cadastral communities: Alunișu , Dumitrana , Pruni , Vârteju
Mayor :	Narcis-Cătălin Constantin ( PNL )
Postal address :	Călugăreni street, no. 2-4 loc. Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, RO-077125
Website :	primariamagurele.ro

Măgurele is a town in Ilfov County in Romania .

location

Măgurele is located in the Wallachian Plain , directly on the southern outskirts of Bucharest . The center of the Romanian capital is about 11 km away.

history

City center

The area of ​​today's city has been populated since the Stone Age. Other archaeological finds date from the time of the Dacian king , Burebista (82–44 BC) and from the centuries after the Roman era .

The first written mention comes from 1561 under the name Măgura . In 1591, the Wallachian prince Mihai Viteazul took control of the village from the Bucharest monastery of Sfânta Troița . Subsequently, the villages Măgura Gherman and Măgura Filipescu were distinguished. The first evidence of the name Măgurele (= plural of Măgura ) comes from the year 1852. In the middle of the 19th century, Bulgarians were settled. At the end of the 19th century, a boarding school for girls was established on the initiative of the noble Oteteleşanu family, who were then influential in the area.

With the expansion of Bucharest, Măgurele became a direct suburb of the Romanian capital. After the Second World War, a nuclear reactor from the Soviet Union was set up on the outskirts for research purposes and was in operation until 2002. There is also an institute for physics at the University of Bucharest in Măgurele . 2005 Măgurele received city status.

population

In 1770 49 houses were registered in Măgurele, and in 1853 99 houses. At the 2002 census, 9272 people lived in Măgurele, including 9065 Romanians , 186 Roma and 10 Hungarians .

traffic

Măgurele is not far from the railway ring around Bucharest, but does not have a train station. In addition, there is currently (2009) no passenger traffic on this section of the ring. The city is connected to Bucharest's public transport system via bus lines .

Attractions

• Numerous archaeological sites from different epochs
• Former mansion of the Oteteleșanu family (19th century)
• Church in the Alunișu district (1797)

Web links

Commons : Măgurele  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ ^{a b} Oras: Măgurele - Istoric
3. ↑ Imopedia.ro, accessed on February 22, 2009
4. ↑ 2002 census, accessed February 24, 2009