Fundulea
Sign in to saveFundulea is an agricultural town in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is on the Bărăgan Plain, approximately east of the capital Bucharest, in the historical region of Wallachia. It has a population of 6,714 (as of 2021). The A2 freeway and Mostiștea River pass through its vicinity. Two villages are administered by the town: Alexandru Ioan Cuza and Gostilele. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Călărași
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- RO CL Fundulea schoolhouse.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Fundulea schoolhouse
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Fundulea jud Calarasi.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Călărași County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Dorel Dorobanțu
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 70
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 86.11
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 915200
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 42
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Fundulea is an agricultural town in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is on the Bărăgan Plain, approximately east of the capital Bucharest, in the historical region of Wallachia. It has a population of 6,714 (as of 2021). The A2 freeway and Mostiștea River pass through its vicinity. Two villages are administered by the town: Alexandru Ioan Cuza and Gostilele. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
Historically, Fundulea's outskirts housed a military base maintained by the Romanian Army. The town is home to an agricultural institute, the National Agricultural Research and Development Institute (, INCDA). A reservoir known as Lake Fundulea, fed by water from the Mostiștea, is a popular spot for sport fishing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fundulea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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