Călărași

The city is known colloquially as "Capșa provinciei" (the Capșa from the provinces).

• Type — municipality • County — Călărași • Leader Name — Marius-Grigore Dulce • Leader Term — 2024–2028 • Leader Party — PSD • Elevation — 13 • Area Total — 133.22 • Population Total — auto • Postal Code — 910001–910165 • Website — www.primariacalarasi.ro

The site of a medieval village, called Lichirești from the time of Michael the Brave.Nonsense square. Prehistoric medieval village? Prehistoric village we know the name of-and it's a Romanian name? The Brains went for a holiday, never to be seen again. Călărași appeared for the first time in 1700 on a map drawn by Constantin Cantacuzino. It got its name after it was made by the Wallachian princes, in the 17th century, a station of "mounted couriers' service" on the route from Bucharest to Constantinople. The service was operated by horseback riders (the călărași). It expanded into a small town, and in 1834 became the surrounding county's capital.

Călărași is connected by National Roads DN3, DN21, DN31, and DN3B. Also A2 ("The Sun's Motorway") has 3 exits for Călărași, at Lehliu Gară (about 50 km NW), Dragalina (about 30 km N) and Fetești (about 40 km NE). The city lies on the seventh pan-European corridor of transport (the Danube river) and is next to the fourth pan-European transport corridor (Dresden–Constanța) at. The Călărași train station serves the CFR Line 802. The nearest major cities are: Bucharest, Constanța, and Varna.

The city features seven middle schools and several high schools, including: • Barbu Știrbei National College • Mihai Eminescu Theoretical High School • Ștefan Bănulescu Technical High School • Danubius High School • Sandu Aldea Agricultural College • Călărași Economics College

The city is currently represented by Dunărea Călărași in the Romanian Liga III football league.

• Ștefan Bănică Sr. (1933–1995), actor, singer • Daniel Bogdan (b. 1971), footballer • Mircea Ciumara (1943–2012), politician • Vladimir Constantinescu (1895–1965), general • Maria Cuțarida-Crătunescu (1857–1919), first female doctor in Romania • Daniel Florea (b. 1972), politician • Petre V. Haneș (1879–1966), literary historian • Dan Mateescu (1911–2008), engineer, titular member of the Romanian Academy • Marius Mocanu (b. 1986), handballer • Barbu Nemțeanu (1887–1919), poet • Gabriel Popa (b. 1985), footballer • Dragoș Protopopescu (1892–1948), writer, poet • Gabriel Simion (b. 1998), footballer

Călărași is twinned with: • Rivery, France • Naples, Italy • Royal Palm Beach, Florida, USA • Hengyang, China • Zajecar, Serbia • Călărași, Moldova • Levy, Canada • Silistra, Bulgaria

The climate is continental with a year average temperature of 11.3 °C. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Călărași was -30.0 °C on January 9, 1938, and the highest was 42.3 °C on July 5, 2000.

At the 2021 census, Călărași had a population 58,211. In 2011, it had a population of 65,181, with 95.05% of them declaring themselves as being Romanians and 3.59% Roma. The surrounding communes (Modelu, Ostrov, Roseți, Grădiștea, Cuza-Vodă, and Ștefan Vodă) together with Călărași number almost 100,000 inhabitants.