Giurgeni

Commune in Ialomița, Romania

Coat of arms

Location in Ialomița County

(2020–2024) Valere Dinu (PSD)Area

127.97 km² (49.41 sq mi)Elevation

4 m (13 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[1]

1,223 • Density9.6/km² (25/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

927135

Area code+(40) 243Vehicle reg.ILWebsitewww.giurgeni.ro

Giurgeni is a commune located on the left bank of the Danube, in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Giurgeni.

Giurgeni is linked with Vadu Oii–Hârșova over the Danube via the Giurgeni–Vadu Oii Bridge.

The ruins of Orașul de Floci, a lost city of Wallachia, are located near Giurgeni, at the confluence of the Ialomița River and the Danube, on the old riverbed of the Ialomița.

The Communist regime operated a forced labor camp at Luciu-Giurgeni [ro], in between the Giurgeni collective farm and Luciu village, in Gura Ialomiței commune.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ "Alexandru Teodorescu, Celula de minori. Cinci ani în temnițele și lagărele de muncă forțată ale României comuniste, Humanitas, București, 2015, 274 p." www.iiccmer.ro (in Romanian). Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania. January 13, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ Postea, Niculae (February 2001). "La Periprava (II)". Observator Cultural (in Romanian). Retrieved March 4, 2024.