Roșiorii de Vede (; sometimes Roșiori de Vede or, in old versions, Rușii de Vede) is a

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Teleorman County Teleorman County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria. The name ''Teleorman'' is of Cumanic ( Turkic) origin. It literally means ''wild/crazy for ...

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 ...

. Located in the

Muntenia Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

region, it is one of the oldest cities in the country. It was first mentioned in a document which dates back to 1385, when the city was visited by two

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s who were returning from

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and stopped for a few days in a town they called ''Russenart''.

Geography

The city is situated in the middle of the

Wallachian Plain The Romanian Plain () is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain (). It is part of the larger Eurasian Steppe. It is located in the historical region of Wallachia, and bordered by ...

, on the banks of the Vedea River and its right tributary, the Bratcov. It is located in the central-west part of Teleorman County, at a distance of from the county seat,

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. It neighbors the following communes: Măldăeni to the west,

Peretu Peretu is a communes of Romania, commune in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Peretu. The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, southeast of Roșiorii de Vede and northwest of the county seat, Alexa ...

and

Troianul Troianul is a commune in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania. It has three villages: Dulceni, Troianul, and Vatra. The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river Urlui. It is located in the west-c ...

to the south,

Vedea The Vedea () is a river in southern Romania that flows from the Cotmeana Plateau and empties into the Danube. It has a total length of 224 km, of which 33 km is regulated. Its drainage basin area is 5,430 km2. It flows in Argeș, ...

and Drăgănești de Vede to the east, and

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to the north.

Climate

Roșiorii de Vede has a

continental climate Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in central and eastern parts of the three northern-tier continents (North America, Europe, and Asia), typi ...

(

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: ''Dfa''), with cold winters and hot summers.

Transportation

Roșiorii de Vede is traversed by the

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DN6, which links

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, to the east, to the

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region in western Romania. The Roșiorii de Vede train station serves the CFR Line 900, with service towards Costești,

Turnu Măgurele Turnu Măgurele () is a municipiu, city in Teleorman County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. Developed nearby the site once occupied by the medieval port of Turnu fortress, Turnu, it is situated north-east of the confluence between ...

, and Alexandria–

Zimnicea Zimnicea () is a town in Teleorman County, Romania (in the historic region of Muntenia), a port on the Danube opposite the Bulgarian city of Svishtov. Geography Zimnicea is situated on the left bank of the Danube river. It is the southernmost pla ...

Education

The Anastasescu National College is a high school that opened in 1919; the school building is listed as a

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by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.

Natives

Several Romanian personalities were born in and around the city. These include: * Anton Berindei * * * Alexandru Depărățeanu * Stephan Drăghici * Marin Ferecatu * Liviu Floricel *

Gala Galaction Gala Galaction (; the pen name of Grigore or Grigorie Pișculescu ; April 16, 1879—March 8, 1961) was a Romanian Orthodox clergyman, theologian, writer, journalist, left-wing activist, as well as a political figure of the People's Republic ...

Nicolae Gheorghe Nicolae Gheorghe (12 November 1946 – 8 August 2013) was a Romanian human rights activist. He was born in Roșiori de Vede. Biography The founder of the Roma modern movement, starting in Romania during the communist regime and continued it to ...

* Radu Grămăticu * *

Iulian Miu Iulian Ilie Miu (born 21 January 1976 in Roşiorii de Vede, Teleorman County) is a Romanian former football player. He played for Liga I clubs such as Steaua București, and abroad in Turkey at Bursaspor. Honours Club ;Steaua București * Di ...

* Robert Neciu *

Marin Preda Marin Preda (; 5 August 1922, Siliștea Gumești, Teleorman County, Kingdom of Romania – 16 May 1980, Mogoșoaia, Ilfov County], Socialist Republic of Romania) was a Romanian novelist, post-war writer and director of Cartea Românească p ...

Zaharia Stancu Zaharia Stancu (; October 7, 1902 – December 5, 1974) was a Romanian prose writer, novelist, poet, and philosopher. He was also the director of the National Theatre Bucharest, the President of the Writers' Union of Romania, and a titular memb ...

* * Claudiu Tămăduianu *

References

External links

Roșiori de Vede City Hall site

Roșiori de Vede Community site
Cities in Romania Populated places in Teleorman County Localities in Muntenia {{Teleorman-geo-stub