Călărași


Călărași, the capital of Călărași County in the Muntenia region, is situated in south-east Romania, on the bank of Danube's Borcea branch, at about from the Bulgarian border and from Bucharest.
The city is an industrial centre for lumber and paper, food processing, glass manufacturing, textiles, medical equipment production and heavy industry, the last represented by the Călărași steel works. The city is known colloquially as "Capșa provinciei".

History

The site of a prehistoric village, called Lichiresti from the time of Michael the Brave. Călărași appeared for the first time in 1700 on a map drawn by Constantin Cantacuzino. It got its name after it was made by the Wallachian princes, in the 17th century, a station of "mounted couriers' service" on the route from Bucharest to Constantinople. The service was operated by horseback riders. It expanded into a small town, and in 1834 became the surrounding county's capital.

Transportation

Călărași is connected by DN3, DN21, DN31 and DN3B. Also A2 has 3 exits for Călărași, at Lehliu Gară, Dragalina and Fetești. The city lies on the seventh pan-European corridor of transport and is next to the fourth pan-European transport corridor at. The town is connected by rail.
The nearest major cities are: Bucharest, Constanța and Varna.

Sports

The city is currently represented by AHC Dunărea Călărași in the Romanian Liga Nationala handball league.

Natives

Twin towns — Sister cities

Călărași is twinned with:

  • Zajecar, Serbia
  • Călăraşi, Moldova
  • Levy, Canada
  • Silistra, Bulgaria

    • Climate

    The climate is continental with a year average temperature of. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Călărași was on January 9, 1938 and the highest was on August 10, 1957.

    Population

    In 2011, Călărași had a population of 65,181, with 95.05% of them declaring themselves as being Romanians and 3.59% Roma. The surrounding communes with Călărași number almost 100,000 inhabitants.