Țăndărei (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡səndəˈrej]) is a town in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 12,761 as of 2021. The town is located on the Bărăgan Plain, on the left bank of the Ialomița River. It was declared a town in 1968. It is crossed by the national road DN2A, which connects Slobozia with Constanța.
Țăndărei | |
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 Țăndărei town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Ialomița County | |
  Țăndărei Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 44°38′33″N 27°39′22″E / 44.64250°N 27.65611°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Ialomița |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | George Cristian Roman[1] (PSD) |
| Area | 113.25 km2 (43.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 12,761 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 925200 |
| Area code | (+40) 02 43 |
| Vehicle reg. | IL |
| Website | www |
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Țăndărei has been called a "Beverley Hills for Gypsy gangsters".[3] The town gained this reputation as many ethnic Roma engaged in criminal activity as well as welfare fraud in the UK, using the money obtained from those activities to build opulent villas.[4]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the town was also in the spotlight of national media and of social media, because the ethnic Roma of the town were accused of bringing the virus from Western Europe and not respecting the anti-COVID measurements implemented by the government.[5]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 10,166 | — |
| 1992 | 14,212 | +39.8% |
| 2002 | 14,591 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 10,289 | −29.5% |
| 2021 | 12,761 | +24.0% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Demographics
editAt the 2021 census, Țăndărei had a population of 12,761. At the 2011 census, 65.47% of the population declared themselves as ethnic Romanian and 10.85% as Roma (23.55% did not declare any ethnicity and 0.11% declared another ethnicity).[6]
Natives
edit- Aurelian Chițu (born 1991), footballer
- Paul Georgescu (1923 – 1989), literary critic, journalist, fiction writer, and communist political figure
- Grigore H. Grandea (1843 – 1897), journalist, poet, and prose writer
- Alexandru Lăpușan (1955 – 2016), politician
References
edit- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "'If we go, who will do the jobs?': Romanians in London – photo essay". The Guardian. September 19, 2018.
- ^ "Țăndărei, Beverly Hills al "gangsterilor țigani". Vezi cum și-au făcut romii vile din asistența socială britanică". Mediafax (in Romanian). May 19, 2011. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ^ Plainer, Zsuzsa (2020-09-01). ""The Roma in Țăndărei": A few thoughts on prejudices and groupism in media representations of the Romanian Roma during the COVID-19 pandemic". Szociális Szemle. 13 (1): 5–10. doi:10.15170/SocRev.2020.13.01.01.
- ^ "Tab8. Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune". recensamantromania.ro (in Romanian)..
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