Călărași

Calarasi [ kələraʃ ʲ ] is a city in Romania. It is the capital of the eponymous district Calarasi and lies on the Danube.

Population

The city had about 74,000 inhabitants in 2007. The population is shrinking on average by 1.1% annually. 23.7 % of people are unemployed. 18.4% of the population is under 15 years, 2.5% are over 75 years old. 2011 were registered in Calarasi 65 181 inhabitants. 54 047 identified themselves as Romanians, 2,051 as Roma, 412 Turks, 29 as Magyars, ten as Lipovans and as Armenians, nine identified themselves as German and an Italian, the rest were registered without any ethnic group.

Economy

The city is a manufacturing base, among others, an iron works, glass works and for the Turbon AG, a company for office communication.

Cityscape

Calarasi is a typical südrumänische industrial town with a strong " systematisiertem " - that is, under Ceauşescu partially torn and completely new built - the city center. The city is a mixture of huge, often derelict industrial sites (steel combine Siderca ), rural peripheral areas and large prefabricated concrete housing estates. Worth seeing in the city center are only a few buildings: the prefecture and the city hall, some old churches and a modern socialist, but architecturally interesting Palace of Culture. A plus point is the scenic location of the city on tree- dense riparian forests Bratul Borcea, a tributary of the Danube with beautiful beaches, zoo and botanical garden.