Plenița is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Dolj County Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to '' Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the c ...

Oltenia Oltenia (, also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternative Latin names ''Wallachia Minor'', ''Wallachia Alutana'', ''Wallachia Caesarea'' between 1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

with a population of 5,800 people. It is composed of two villages, Castrele Traiane, and Plenița. The locality was a town until 1950. It is located in the western part of the county, at a distance of from the county seat, Craiova, and from the

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, on the border with Mehedinți County. Its neighbors are the following communes: Verbița to the north;

Orodel Orodel is a Commune in Romania, commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 3,242 people. It is composed of five villages: Bechet, Călugărei, Cornu, Orodel, and Teiu. Natives *Sorin Cârțu *Ilie G. Murgulescu *Nuța Olaru *Vi ...

and

Caraula Caraula is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria t ...

to the east; Unirea to the south; and

Dârvari Dârvari is a commune located in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, ...

and

Oprișor Oprișor is a commune in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Oprișor and Prisăceaua. The commune lies in the western reaches of the Wallachian Plain. It is located in the southeastern part of Mehedinți Count ...

(from Mehedinți County) to the west and northwest.

Notable figures

Constantin Albu Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname. For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name). See also * Constantine (name) * Konstantin The first name Konst ...

Nicolae Ciucă Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (; born 7 February 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired general of the Romanian Land Forces. Ideologically a conservative, he has been serving as Prime Minister of Romania since 25 November 2021 after receiving widespr ...

References

Communes in Dolj County Localities in Oltenia {{Dolj-geo-stub