Calopăr is a commune in

Dolj County Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)-Jiu River, 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, ...

Oltenia Oltenia (), also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions – with the alternative Latin names , , and between 1718 and 1739 – is a historical province and geographical region of Romania in western Wallachia. It is situated between the Da ...

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

with a population of 3,723 people. It is composed of five villages: Belcinu, Bâzdâna, Calopăr, Panaghia, and Sălcuța. The commune is located in the east-central part of the county and belongs to the

Craiova metropolitan area Craiova metropolitan area is a metropolitan area, founded on 11 February 2009, and formed by Craiova and other 23 other nearby communities. The population of this area is 356,544. As defined by Eurostat, the Craiova functional urban area The ...

. The remnants of a Dacian fortress have been discovered in Bâzdâna.

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