Fundulea | |
|---|---|
 Fundulea schoolhouse | |
 Location in Călărași County | |
  Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates:44°27′10″N26°30′55″E / 44.45278°N 26.51528°E /44.45278; 26.51528 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Călărași |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Dorel Dorobanțu[2] (PSD) |
Area | 86.11 km2 (33.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 6,714 |
| • Density | 77.97/km2 (201.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 915200 |
| Area code | (+40) 02 42 |
| Vehicle reg. | CL |
| Website | www |
Fundulea is an agricultural town inCălărași County,Muntenia,Romania. It is on theBărăgan Plain, approximately 30 km (19 mi) east of the capitalBucharest, in the historical region ofWallachia. It has a population of 6,714 (as of 2021). TheA2 freeway andMostiștea River pass through its vicinity. Two villages are administered by the town: Alexandru Ioan Cuza and Gostilele. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of theRomanian rural systematization program.
Historically, Fundulea's outskirts housed a military base maintained by theRomanian Army. The town is home to an agricultural institute, theNational Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Romanian:Institutul Național de Cercetare-Dezvoltare Agricolă, INCDA). Areservoir known as Lake Fundulea, fed by water from the Mostiștea, is a popular spot forsport fishing.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6,728 | — |
| 2002 | 6,217 | −7.6% |
| 2011 | 6,851 | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 6,714 | −2.0% |
| Source: Census data | ||
It first appears as Fondele in the Map of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia from 1774, by Jacob Friedrich Schmidt.[3] The first documentary mention is in 1778 in Historical and Geographical Memoirs on Wallachia published in Leipzig by General Bauer: Fundule petit village sur le ruisseau de Katora, page 145.[4] During the 19th century, the village of Fundulea housed theSionu estate of writerGheorghe Sion, which, through the 1923 marriage of his daughter Marica, became the property of eccentric novelist, poet, andheraldistMateiu Caragiale.[5] Caragiale intended to turn it into a private domain, and reportedly flew an ensign he had created for himself.[5]
The INCDA was created in 1962, during theCommunist period, through the merger between the Research Institute forMaize Cultivation (Institutul de Cercetări pentru Cultura Porumbului) and the Field Cultivation Department (Departamentul Culturilor de Câmp) of theRomanian Agronomic Institute.[6]
Fundulea is the birthplace of the following notable people:
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