Magurele

Magurele is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, made up of the localities Alunisu, Dumitrana, Magurele, Pruni and Varteju. The locality is in the south-western neighborhood of Bucharest, being a satellite tv for pc city of Bucharest. According to the 2011 census, Magurele has a populace of 11,041, being the eighth and smallest city center of Ilfov County from a demographic factor of view. The settlement turned into eliminated from the commune to the city in 2005, by way of Law no. 414 of 29 December 2005.

The first documentary attestation of the locality dates from 1852, however archaeological excavations found out vestiges of the Paleolithic and Neolithic. In 1595, earlier than the Battle of Calugareni, Mihai Viteazul settled his camp at Magurele. After the combating in Calugareni, the Turks also plundered the village of Magurele, the population scattering inside the surrounding forests and other villages. At the end of the nineteenth century, the Magurele rural commune changed into a part of the Sabar internet of Ilfov County and consisted of the villages of Dumitra, Filipescu, Ghermani and Otetelizanu, totaling 1351 inhabitants residing in 285 homes.