Măgurele
For other uses, see Măgurele (disambiguation).
| Măgurele | ||
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| Town | ||
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Downtown Măgurele, 2007 | ||
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  Măgurele | ||
| Coordinates: 44°23′41″N 26°3′58″E / 44.39472°N 26.06611°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania | |
| County | Ilfov County | |
| Population (2002)[1] | 9,272 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Măgurele is a town situated in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Romania. Its population is 9,200. Four villages are administered by the town: Alunişu, Dumitrana, Pruni and Vârteju.
The town hosts a nuclear research lab, the Institute of Atomic Physics (Romanian: Institutul de Fizicǎ Atomicǎ (IFA)) and its National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering. Between 1957 and 1998, it had a Soviet VVRS research reactor, now closed down. The Faculty of Physics of the University of Bucharest is also located in Măgurele.
History
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 2002 | 9,200 | — |
| 2011 | 10,565 | +14.8% |
| Source: Census data | ||
Its name is derived from a Romanian word possibly of Dacian origin, măgură, meaning "hill".
Welcome sign at the town's southern entry
References
- ↑ Romanian census data, 2002; retrieved on March 1, 2010
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Măgurele. |
- Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
- National Institute of Materials Physics
