Măgurele

Măgurele is a town in Ilfov County in Romania.

Location

Măgurele is the Wallachian Plain, directly on the southern outskirts of Bucharest. The center of the Romanian capital, is located around 11 km away.

History

The territory of the present-day town has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Other archaeological finds date from the time of the king of the Dacians, Burebista ( 82-44 BC ) and from the centuries after the Roman period.

The first written record dates from 1561 under the name Măgura. 1591 took over the Wallachian prince Michael the Brave dominion over the village from Bucharest monastery Sfânta Troita. As a result, the villages of Magura Gherman and Măgura Filipescu were distinguished. The first evidence of the name Măgurele ( = plural of Măgura ) dates back to 1852. In the middle of the 19th century Bulgarians were settled. End of the 19th century, on the initiative of the then place the formative noble family Oteteleşanu a girls' boarding school.

The expansion of Bucharest Măgurele became an immediate suburb of the Romanian capital. After the Second World War, a nuclear reactor from the Soviet Union was set up on the outskirts for research purposes, which was until 2002. Also located in Măgurele a Institute of Physics of the University of Bucharest. 2005 Măgurele received the status of a city.

Population

1770 were in Măgurele 49, 1853 99 homes registered. As of the 2002 census lived in Măgurele 9,272 people, including 9,065 Romanians, 186 Roma and 10 Hungary.

Traffic

Măgurele is close to the railway ring leading to Bucharest, but does not have a railway station. In addition, currently takes place on this section of the ring ( 2009) no passenger. The city is connected by bus services to the public transport system of Bucharest.

Attractions

• Numerous archaeological sites from different eras
• Former mansion of Oteteleşanu family (19th century)
• Church in the district Alunisu (1797 )