Călărași County

This article is about Călărași County, Romania. For other uses, see Călărași (disambiguation).

Călărași County Județul Călărași
County
Landscape in Călărași County
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region^1	Sud
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Călărași
Created	1981
Government
• Type	County Council
• President of the County Council	Vasile Iliuță [ro] (PSD)
• Prefect^2	Valentin-Dumitru Deculescu [ro]
Area
• Total	5,088 km^2 (1,964 sq mi)
• Rank	28th in Romania
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]
• Total	283,458
• Rank	34th in Romania
• Density	56.02/km^2 (145.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	91wxyz^3
Area code	+40 x42^4
Car Plates	CL^5
GDP	US$1.635 billion (2015)
GDP/capita	US$5,736 (2015)
Website	County Council County Prefecture
^1The development regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed as a way of managing funds from the European Union ^2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after resigning (or being excluded) from the public functionary corps ^3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address ^4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks ^5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Călărași (Romanian pronunciation: [kələˈraʃʲ] ^ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Călărași.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 285,050 and a population density of 56.02/km².

• Romanians – 94.1%^[2]
• Romani – 5.7%
• Turks - 0.1%
• Unknown - 0.1%

Year	County population[3]
1948	287,722
1956	318,573
1966	337,261
1977	338,807
1992	338,844
2002	324,617
2011	285,050
2021	283,458

List of cities by population

All the data, except Călărași, is as of 2002.

• Călărași (county's capital and largest city) – 73,823 (as of 2005)
• Oltenița – 27,217
• Modelu (county's largest village) – 9,804
• Budești (with Crivăț village) – 9,709
• Borcea (village) – 9,676
• Dragalina (village) – 8,760
• Chirnogi (village) – 8,131

The other two towns of Călărași county (Lehliu Gară and Fundulea) have a population under 8,000 inhabitants.

Geography

This county has an area of 5,088 km².

The entire area lies in the southern part of the Bărăgan Plain and is crossed by small rivers with deep valleys. On its southern and eastern sides there is the valley of the Danube which, on the eastern side, splits into a number of branches, forming islands, now drained. On the western side, the rivers Argeș and Dâmbovița form a wide valley before flowing into the Danube.

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• Constanța County to the East.
• Ilfov County and Giurgiu County to the West.
• Ialomița County to the North.
• Bulgaria to the South – Silistra Province

Economy

Agriculture is the county's main industry, generating about 3% of the entire country's agricultural output.

The county's industries:

• Metallurgy – there is a big metallurgical plant in Călărași, similar to the one in Galați
• Food processing
• Textiles
• Construction materials

Tourism

Tourism in the county is uncommon. There are only 3 hotels in Călărași County. [1] The main tourist destinations:

• The town of Călărași;
• The town of Oltenița;
• Fishing on the Danube.

Politics

The Călărași County Council, elected at the 2020 local elections, consists of 30 counsellors, with the following party composition:^[4]

	Party	Seats	Current County Council
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	15
	PNL-USR PLUS Alliance	13
	PRO Romania (PRO)	2

Administrative divisions

Călărași

Oltenița

Main article: List of settlements in Călărași County

Călărași County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 50 communes

• Municipalities
  • Călărași – county seat; population: 65,181^[5] (as of 2011)
  • Oltenița
• Towns
  • Budești
  • Fundulea
  • Lehliu-Gară

• Communes
  • Alexandru Odobescu
  • Belciugatele
  • Borcea
  • Căscioarele
  • Chirnogi
  • Chiselet
  • Crivăț
  • Ciocănești
  • Curcani
  • Cuza Vodă
  • Dichiseni
  • Dor Mărunt
  • Dorobanțu
  • Dragalina
  • Dragoș Vodă
  • Frăsinet
  • Frumușani
  • Fundeni
  • Gălbinași
  • Grădiștea
  • Gurbănești
  • Ileana
  • Independența
  • Jegălia
  • Lehliu
  • Luica
  • Lupșanu
  • Mânăstirea
  • Mitreni
  • Modelu
  • Nana
  • Nicolae Bălcescu
  • Perișoru
  • Plătărești
  • Radovanu
  • Roseți
  • Sărulești
  • Sohatu
  • Spanțov
  • Șoldanu
  • Ștefan cel Mare
  • Ștefan Vodă
  • Tămădău Mare
  • Ulmeni
  • Ulmu
  • Unirea
  • Valea Argovei
  • Vasilați
  • Vâlcelele
  • Vlad Țepeș

References

1. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
2. National Institute of Statistics, "Populația după etnie" Archived 16 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
3. National Institute of Statistics, "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 și 2002" Archived 22 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
5. "Rezultate - Recensamant 2011". recensamantromania.ro.

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