Otopeni

Otopeni is a metropolis in Ilfov County, Romania, some 15 km north of Bucharest alongside the road to Ploiesti. It has 15,850 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are Romanians. One village, Odaile, is administered by way of the metropolis. The oldest discovered human settlements inside the area are very antique. On the occasion of excavations in 1966 to extend the nearby Henri Coanda International Airport, archaeologist Margaret Constantiniu of the History Museum of Bucharest identified fragments of ancient pottery and different objects that belonged to an important human settlements current for the reason that first length of the Iron Age.

In an overlay changed into determined every other settlement are dated to the 10th century. By charter of 14 February 1587, Mihnea Turcitu - voivode of Romanian - gave Holy Trinity Monastery half of to the village of Islazul and half to the village of Hodopeni turbines and gypsies. On 20 May 1620, Maria, outstanding Baneasa, Holy Trinity monastery turned into given again half the village Hodopeni with Rumani, given by means of Master Villa, commanding Ruman listen. Historian Giurascu Constantin believes that Hodopeni name of the village, comes from an Hodopa or Hodoba.