Videle
| Videle | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
 | |
  Videle | |
| Coordinates: 44°17′0″N 25°32′0″E / 44.28333°N 25.53333°ECoordinates: 44°17′0″N 25°32′0″E / 44.28333°N 25.53333°E | |
| Country |
 Romania |
| County | Teleorman County |
| Status | Town |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lucian Militaru (Democratic Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 79.96 km2 (30.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 11,112 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Website | http://www.primariavidele.ro/ |
Videle (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈvidele]) is a town in Teleorman County, southern Romania, with a population of 11,112 in 2011. It was upgraded to town status in 1968 by incorporation of a few villages nearby. Today, Coşoaia is the single village the town administers.
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1977 | 10,904 | — |
| 1992 | 13,024 | +19.4% |
| 2002 | 12,498 | −4.0% |
| 2011 | 11,112 | −11.1% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Videle is of some importance as a railway junction, for the railway track heading south to Bulgaria leaves the main Walachian East-West-railway from Bucharest to Craiova.
Children's residential hospital
Located adjacent to the main hospital grounds, the local 'Residential Hospital for Incurable Children' gained international notoriety for its appalling conditions and deprivations. These became public following the overthrow of the Ceauşescu government and a damning report by an investigative journalist from the Washington Post in 1990.[1]
References
- ↑ Gloviczki, Peter J. (2004). "Ceauşescu's Children: The Process of Democratisation and the Plight of Romania's Orphans". Critique: A Worldwide Student Journal of Politics (Fall): 117. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
