Drăgănești-Olt

Drăgănești-Olt
Town
Coat of arms
Location in Olt County
Drăgănești-Olt Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°10′11″N 24°31′48″E
Country	Romania
County	Olt
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Marian-Viorel Tudorică[1] (PNL)
Area	78.88 km^2 (30.46 sq mi)
Elevation	68 m (223 ft)
Highest elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Lowest elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[2]	9,721
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	235400
Area code	(+40) 02 49
Vehicle reg.	OT
Website	draganesti-olt.ro

Drăgănești-Olt (Romanian pronunciation: [drəɡəˌneʃtʲ ˈolt]) is a town in Olt County, Muntenia, Romania. The first document mentioning it is from 1526. Drăgănești-Olt became a town in 1968. The town administers one village, Comani.

Geography

The town is situated on the Wallachian Plain. It lies on the left bank of the river Olt, at an altitude of approximately 100 m (330 ft). It is located in the central part of Olt County, at a distance of 35 km (22 mi) from the county seat, Slatina, and 65 km (40 mi) north of Turnu Măgurele.

The town is crossed by county road DJ546, which meets national road DN6 a few miles to the south. The Drăgănești-Olt train station serves the CFR Line 900, which runs from Bucharest, 138 km (86 mi) to the east, to Timișoara and the border with Serbia to the west.

Natives

• Cosmin Achim (born 1995), footballer
• Beno Arbel (1939–2013), Israeli mathematician
• Ileana Constantinescu [ro] (1929–2018), folk music singer
• Daniel Oprița (born 1981), footballer
• Constantin Tobescu (1893–1951), general of the Romanian Gendarmerie

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.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1977	11,059	—
1992	13,079	+18.3%
2002	13,181	+0.8%
2011	10,894	−17.4%
2021	9,721	−10.8%
Source: Census data