Poiana Mare

For the village in Olt County, see Morunglav. For the village in Prahova County, see Bătrâni.

Poiana Mare
Commune
Poiana Mare town hall
Coat of arms
Poiana Mare Location in Romania
Coordinates: 43°56′N 23°5′E
Country	Romania
County	Dolj
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Viorel Oprescu (PNL)
Area	163.94 km^2 (63.30 sq mi)
Elevation	42 m (138 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	9,047
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	207470
Area code	+(40) 251
Vehicle reg.	DJ
Website	www.poianamare.ro

Poiana Mare is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 9,047 as of 2021. It is composed of three villages: Poiana Mare, Tunarii Noi, and Tunarii Vechi.

Geography

The commune is located at the southwestern extremity of Dolj County, 14 km (8.7 mi) southeast of Calafat, a port city on the Danube, and 85 km (53 mi) southwest of the county seat, Craiova.

Poiana Mare is crossed by the national road DN55A [ro], which starts in the port town of Bechet, 82 km (51 mi) to the east, and ends in Calafat. The Poiana Mare train station serves the CFR Line 913, a 7 km (4.3 mi)-long railway that connects the commune to Golenți, a component village of Calafat.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2002	12,728	—
2011	10,740	−15.6%
2021	9,047	−15.8%
Source: Census data

At the 2021 census, the commune had 9,047 inhabitants; of those, 85.53% were Romanians and 4.23% Roma.[2]

Natives

• Petre Cănciulescu [ro] (1877–?), major general
• Lucian Goge (born 1991), footballer
• Gheorghe Nețoiu [ro] (born 1959), businessman and politician

References

1. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
2. "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.

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  Miloš Obrenović mansion, serving as headquarters of the Romanian Army during the Romanian War of Independence; photo from March 1, 1877 by Carol Szathmari
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  School in Poiana Mare