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Călărași | |
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 Old townhall  Palace of the Prefecture | |
 Location within the county | |
  Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates:44°12′N27°20′E / 44.200°N 27.333°E /44.200; 27.333 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Călărași |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Marius-Grigore Dulce[2] (PSD) |
Area | 133.22 km2 (51.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 58,211 |
| • Density | 436.95/km2 (1,131.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 910001–910165 |
| Vehicle reg. | CL |
| Website | www |
Călărași (Romanian pronunciation:[kələˈraʃʲ]ⓘ), the capital ofCălărași County in theMuntenia region, is situated in south-eastRomania, on the banks of theDanube'sBorcea branch, at about 12 kilometres (7 miles) from theBulgarian border and 125 kilometres (78 miles) fromBucharest. It is one of six Romanian county seatslying on the river Danube.
The city is an industrial centre for lumber and paper,food processing, glass manufacturing, textiles, medical equipment production, andheavy industry, the last one represented by theCălărași steel works. The city is known colloquially as "Capșa provinciei" (theCapșa from the provinces).[3]
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The site of amedieval village, calledLichirești from the time ofMichael the Brave.[dubious –discuss]Călărași appeared for the first time in 1700 on a map drawn byConstantin Cantacuzino. It got its name after it was made by theWallachian princes, in the 17th century, a station of "mounted couriers' service" on the route fromBucharest toConstantinople. The service was operated by horseback riders (thecălărași). It expanded into a small town, and in 1834 became the surrounding county's capital.
Călărași is connected byNational RoadsDN3,DN21, DN31, and DN3B. AlsoA2 ("The Sun's Motorway") has 3 exits for Călărași, atLehliu Gară (about 50 km (31 mi) NW),Dragalina (about 30 km (19 mi) N) andFetești (about 40 km (25 mi) NE). The city lies on the seventh pan-European corridor of transport (theDanube river) and is next to the fourth pan-European transport corridor (Dresden–Constanța) at 26 km (16 mi). The Călărași train station serves theCFRLine 802. The nearest major cities are:Bucharest 120 km (75 mi),Constanța 148 km (92 mi), andVarna 155 km (96 mi).
The city features seven middle schools and several high schools, including:[4]
The city is currently represented byDunărea Călărași in the RomanianLiga III football league.
Călărași istwinned with:
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The climate iscontinental with a year average temperature of 11.3 °C (52 °F). The lowest temperature ever recorded in Călărași was −30.0 °C (−22 °F) on January 9, 1938, and the highest was 41.4 °C (107 °F) on August 10, 1957.
| Climate data for Călărași (1991–2020, extremes 1981-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.9 (82.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 37.5 (99.5) | 39.5 (103.1) | 42.3 (108.1) | 42.3 (108.1) | 41.1 (106.0) | 37.5 (99.5) | 35.4 (95.7) | 28.9 (84.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 42.3 (108.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.5 (54.5) | 18.9 (66.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 28.8 (83.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.1 (88.0) | 25.7 (78.3) | 18.8 (65.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 18.2 (64.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) | 1.8 (35.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22 (72) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 6.7 (44.1) | 1.3 (34.3) | 12.2 (54.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) | −2.1 (28.2) | 1.7 (35.1) | 6.0 (42.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 7.3 (45.1) | 2.8 (37.0) | −2.0 (28.4) | 6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.9 (−16.4) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −17.5 (0.5) | −4.2 (24.4) | −0.2 (31.6) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | −7.3 (18.9) | −15.2 (4.6) | −19.6 (−3.3) | −26.9 (−16.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 39.6 (1.56) | 27.5 (1.08) | 39.4 (1.55) | 40.9 (1.61) | 50.5 (1.99) | 65.7 (2.59) | 52.3 (2.06) | 41.8 (1.65) | 52.1 (2.05) | 49.0 (1.93) | 45.1 (1.78) | 45.3 (1.78) | 549.2 (21.62) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 71.7 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 82.4 | 114.4 | 154.9 | 205.1 | 259.6 | 280.8 | 317.2 | 302.1 | 221.9 | 158.8 | 96.7 | 76.4 | 2,270.3 |
| Source 1:NOAA[6][7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Meteomanz (extremes since 2021)[8] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1859 | 1,037 | — |
| 1900 | 11,024 | +963.1% |
| 1912 | 12,995 | +17.9% |
| 1930 | 18,053 | +38.9% |
| 1948 | 24,448 | +35.4% |
| 1956 | 25,555 | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 35,684 | +39.6% |
| 1977 | 49,727 | +39.4% |
| 1992 | 76,952 | +54.7% |
| 2002 | 70,039 | −9.0% |
| 2011 | 65,181 | −6.9% |
| 2021 | 58,211 | −10.7% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the2021 census, Călărași had a population 58,211. In 2011, it had a population of 65,181, with 95.05% of them declaring themselves as beingRomanians and 3.59%Roma. The surrounding communes (Modelu,Ostrov,Roseți,Grădiștea,Cuza-Vodă, andȘtefan Vodă) together with Călărași number almost 100,000 inhabitants.
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