Chitila

Chitila is a town in Ilfov County in Romania.

Location

Chitila is the Wallachian Plain on the river Tina Cole, directly on the northwestern outskirts of Bucharest. The center of the Romanian capital is around 12 km away.

History

Chitila probably originated in the 15th century. The place was long dominated by agriculture and owned by the Wallachian noble families Brâncoveanu and Bibescu. The character of the town changed with the increasing spatial extent of Bucharest - the Chitila made ​​it a suburb of the Romanian capital - and the commissioning of the railway Bucharest - Galaţi - Roman, that passes through Chitila. Since 1882 chain in Chitila the railway line to Targoviste, so that the place to railway junction was. A large marshalling yard was built (now Bucharest Triaj ). 1892 the place became the seat of a municipality. As a result Rudeni and some other places were incorporated, which do not represent official neighborhoods anymore. At the beginning of the 20th century were temporarily a military airfield and a flight school for the Romanian Army. After the Second World War, food and wood processing industry settled. 2005 Chitila was declared a city after the majority of the inhabitants had in a referendum for this purpose.

Population

1892 were registered in Chitila 437 inhabitants. As of the 2002 census, living in the present town of 12,643 people, including 12,360 Romanians, 236 Roma and 10 German.

Traffic

Chitila has a Train Station, the commuter trains to Bucharest, Ploiesti and Targoviste. The city is connected by bus services to the public transport system of Bucharest. Through it the city, the National Road 7 from Bucharest to Ploiesti.

Attractions

Chitila has to have no specific tourist attractions.