Tunari is a commune in the center of

Ilfov County Ilfov () is the Counties of Romania, county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, whi ...

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. Its name means "cannoneers" in Romanian. It is composed of two villages, Dimieni and Tunari. The commune is located in the central part of the county, at a distance of north of the capital city,

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, on the Bucharest– Pipera–Tunari–Dimieni road. It has the following neighbors: * To the north:

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and

Balotești Balotești is a Communes of Romania, commune in the northwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Two small rivers flow through this location: Cociovaliștea and Vlăsia. It is composed of three villages: Balotești, Dumbrăveni, and Săft ...

commune, separated by the Bucharest–

Urziceni Urziceni () is a municipiu, city in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, located around north-east of Bucharest. Geography The city is situated at the western edge of the Bărăgan Plain, on the banks of the Ialomița (river), Ialomița River ...

railway. * To the south: the Pipera district of Voluntari commune, separated by the Bucharest–

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railway and the Bucharest Ring Motorway on the Otopeni–Ștefăneștii de Jos segment. * To the east: Ștefăneștii de Jos commune. * To the west: the town of

Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, neighbouring the north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 21,750 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. H ...

. The town has a Romanian Orthodox church, named after Saint Nicholas; it was built in 1702 by Marica Brâncoveanu.

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RO IF Tunari World War I heroes monument

Communes in Ilfov County Localities in Muntenia {{Ilfov-geo-stub