Titu

Titu
—  Town  —
Titu
Location of Titu
Coordinates:
Country  Romania
County Dâmboviţa County
Status Town
Government
 • Mayor Ilie Dinu (Democratic Liberal Party)
Area
 • Total 42.51 km2 (16.4 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Total 12,228
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Titu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtitu]) is a town in Dâmboviţa County, southern Romania with a population of 10,226 as of 2002, best known for its yearly September 14 bâlci (fair).

Titu is divided into three main zones. These are:

  1. Titu-gară - the main part of the city, it contains the town hall, the main school, the train station and most important buildings.
  2. Titu-târg - a rural zone which includes the town's library and the second school. It was also the former center town.
  3. Sălcuţa - the smallest zone and a village in its own right, it is rural and features a church. It is also the place where the bâlci is held.

The town administers five villages: Fusea, Hagioaica, Mereni, Plopu and Sălcuţa.

On March 22, 2007, the Romanian Agency for Foreign Investment, or ARIS, signed with France's carmaker Renault, a memorandum on implementing an investment project to build a car research and design center worth about EUR450 million in the town of Titu. It has been reported that up to 3,000 new jobs will be created at the site.

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