Țăndărei

Țăndărei
Town
Țăndărei town hall
Țăndărei town hall
Coat of arms of Țăndărei
Coat of arms
Location in Ialomița County
Location in Ialomița County
Țăndărei is located in Romania
Țăndărei
Țăndărei
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°38′33″N 27°39′22″E / 44.64250°N 27.65611°E / 44.64250; 27.65611
CountryRomania
CountyIalomița
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) George Cristian Roman[1] (PSD)
Area
113.25 km2 (43.73 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
12,761
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
925200
Area code(+40) 02 43
Vehicle reg.IL
Websitewww.primaria-tandarei.ro

Țăndărei (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡səndəˈrej]) is a town in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 12,761 as of 2021. The town is located on the Bărăgan Plain, on the left bank of the Ialomița River. It was declared a town in 1968. It is crossed by the national road DN2A [ro], which connects Slobozia with Constanța.

Țăndărei Rural Hospital, c.1930s

Țăndărei has been called a "Beverley Hills for Gypsy gangsters".[3] The town gained this reputation as many ethnic Roma engaged in criminal activity as well as welfare fraud in the UK, using the money obtained from those activities to build opulent villas.[4]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the town was also in the spotlight of national media and of social media, because the ethnic Roma of the town were accused of bringing the virus from Western Europe and not respecting the anti-COVID measurements implemented by the government.[5]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1977 10,166—    
1992 14,212+39.8%
2002 14,591+2.7%
2011 10,289−29.5%
2021 12,761+24.0%
Source: Census data

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Țăndărei had a population of 12,761. At the 2011 census, 65.47% of the population declared themselves as ethnic Romanian and 10.85% as Roma (23.55% did not declare any ethnicity and 0.11% declared another ethnicity).[6]

Natives

References

  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. ^ "'If we go, who will do the jobs?': Romanians in London – photo essay". The Guardian. September 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "Țăndărei, Beverly Hills al "gangsterilor țigani". Vezi cum și-au făcut romii vile din asistența socială britanică". Mediafax (in Romanian). May 19, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Plainer, Zsuzsa (2020-09-01). ""The Roma in Țăndărei": A few thoughts on prejudices and groupism in media representations of the Romanian Roma during the COVID-19 pandemic". Szociális Szemle. 13 (1): 5–10. doi:10.15170/SocRev.2020.13.01.01.
  6. ^ "Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune". recensamantromania.ro (in Romanian)..
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