Bolintin-Vale
The town is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of 100 m (330 ft), on the banks of the Sabar River.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1992 | 11,545 | — |
2002 | 11,702 | +1.4% |
2011 | 12,929 | +10.5% |
2021 | 12,806 | −1.0% |
Source: Census data |
According to the 2011 census, Bolintin-Vale was mainly populated by ethnic Romanians, who made up 79.2% of the total population of 12,929, even though it had a significant Romani minority (19.8%). In fact, Bolintin-Vale was at time the Romanian town with the fourth largest percentage of Roma people. Many of the Romani are refugees from neighbouring Bolintin-Deal, who settled here after the ethnic clashes from 1991. As of 2011, the population breakdown of the town and the three adjacent villages was as follows: Bolintin-Vale 7,376, Malu Spart 3,126, Crivina 817, and Suseni 508.
At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 12,806, of which 73,2% were Romanians and 14.63% Roma.
Natives
- Dimitrie Bolintineanu (1819 or 1825 – 1872), poet, diplomat, and politician
- Valeriu Lupu (born 1991), footballer
- Florentin Matei (born 1993), footballer
See also
References
- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Statistici – Populația Orașului Bolintin-Vale". www.bolintin-vale.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
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