Strehaia

Strehaia
Basic data
State :	Romania
Historical region :	Little Wallachia
Circle :	Mehedinți
Coordinates :	44 ° 37 '  N , 23 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 37 '22 "  N , 23 ° 11' 39"  E
Time zone :	EET ( UTC +2)
Height :	150  m
Area :	108.65  km²
Residents :	10,506 (October 20, 2011)
Population density :	97 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	225300
Telephone code :	(+40) 02 52
License plate :	MH
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type :	city
Structure :	9 Districts / cadastral communities: Ciochiuța , Comanda , Hurduceşti , Lunca Banului , Menți , Motruleni , Slătinicu Mare , Slătinicu Mic , Stănceşti
Mayor :	Ioan Giura ( PSD )
Postal address :	St. Republicii, no. 124 loc. Strehaia, jud. Mehedinți, RO-225300
Website :	www.primariastrehaia.ro

Strehaia Monastery

Strehaia is a city in Mehedinți County in Romania .

Geographical location

Strehaia is located in Little Wallachia on the Motru River . The district capital Drobeta Turnu Severin is about 40 km to the west.

history

Strehaia has been traceable in documents since the 15th century. The place was a seat of the Wallachian aristocratic family Craioveşti. In 1645 Prince Matei Basarab founded the Strehaia monastery. Weekly cattle markets have been held since 1671. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, Strehaia was a local administrative center. In 1921 the place was declared a city. The main line of business in Strehaia is agriculture.

population

In the 2002 census, 11,846 inhabitants were registered. 10,560 identified themselves as Romanians and 1279 as Roma .

traffic

The railway line from Orșova to Filiași runs through Strehaia . Currently (2009) around eight local trains run in both directions every day. In Strehaia the route branches off to Motru ; there are around three trains daily. Furthermore, the Europastraße 70 runs through the city. There are regular bus connections to Drobeta Turnu Severin and Craiova .

Attractions

• Strehaia Monastery (1645)

Web links

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

• Strehaia at ghidulprimariilor.ro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de
2. ↑ Centrul Cultural Mehedinți, accessed on January 5, 2008 ( Memento from June 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ 2002 census, accessed January 5, 2008