Scornicești

Scornicești (Romanian pronunciation: [skorniˈt͡ʃeʃtʲ]) is a town in Olt County, Romania, with a population of 10,795. The town administers 13 villages (Bălțați, Bircii, Chițeasca, Constantinești, Jitaru, Mărgineni-Slobozia, Mihăilești-Popești, Mogoșești, Negreni, Piscani, Rusciori, Șuica, and Teiuș) and has a total area of 170 km2 (66 sq mi), being the locality with the largest area in the county of Olt, surpassing even its capital, Slatina. Scornicești is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.

Scornicești
Town
The Scornicești stadium
The Scornicești stadium
Coat of arms of Scornicești
Coat of arms
Location in Olt County
Location in Olt County
Scornicești is located in Romania
Scornicești
Scornicești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°34′12″N 24°33′0″E
CountryRomania
CountyOlt
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Daniel Tudor[1] (PNL)
Area
168.77 km2 (65.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
10,795
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
235600
Area code(+40) 02 49
Vehicle reg.OT
Websitewww.primariascornicesti.ro
The house in which Nicolae Ceaușescu was born in 1918

History
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1992 13,998—    
2002 13,751−1.8%
2011 11,766−14.4%
2021 10,795−8.3%
Source: Census data

Scornicești was the birthplace of communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, who lived there until the age of 11, when he left for Bucharest to become a shoemaker. During his dictatorship, Ceaușescu wanted to make Scornicești a "model town" to house the newly created "Socialist Man". Consequently, in 1988, he began his plan by demolishing the traditional village houses and replacing them with apartment buildings, and changed the town's status from "village" to "city" (however, the bulldozers did not destroy Ceaușescu's birth home, which is now one of the local attractions - see on WikiMapia).

Ceaușescu also built a large stadium (with a capacity of 18,000[3] spectators) for the local football team, FC Olt, which, with the help of the Ceaușescus, was promoted to Divizia A. Nowadays, the team plays in the Olt County Championship.

The Scornicești Solar Park power system of solar panels is located in the town.[4]

Natives
  • Radu Băldescu (1888–1953), major general during World War II
  • Ion Barbu (born 1977), footballer
  • Marin Ceaușescu (1916–1989), economist and diplomat, the older brother of Nicolae
  • Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918–1989), communist politician, general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last communist leader of Romania
  • Valentin Coșereanu (born 1991), footballer
  • Emil Dică (born 1982), footballer

References

Notes
  1. "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  3. City Council homepage in Romanian
  4. "O singură firmă face curent de la Soare în România". Money (in Romanian). 2011-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2012-01-03.

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