Însurăței (formerly known as Pârdăleni) is a town located in Brăila County, Muntenia, Romania. The town administers three villages: Lacu Rezii, Măru Roșu, and Valea Călmățuiului. The latter was called Rubla during Communist rule and housed political offenders who were obliged to live there. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.

Însurăței
Însurăței town hall
Însurăței town hall
Coat of arms of Însurăței
Location in Brăila County
Location in Brăila County
Însurăței is located in Romania
Însurăței
Însurăței
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°55′07″N 27°36′38″E / 44.9186°N 27.6105°E / 44.9186; 27.6105
CountryRomania
CountyBrăila
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Ionel Gheorghe[1] (PSD)
Area
213.03 km2 (82.25 sq mi)
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[2]
5,870
 • Density28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
815300
Area code(+40) 02 39
Vehicle reg.BR
Websitewww.primariaorasinsuratei.ro
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1992 7,396—    
2002 7,501+1.4%
2011 6,528−13.0%
2021 5,870−10.1%
Source: Census data

The town lies in the Bărăgan Plain, a steppe plain in the eastern part of the Wallachian Plain. Însurăței is located in the southern part of the county, 50 km (31 mi) from the county seat, Brăila. It is crossed by national road DN21, linking the Danube port of Brăila with Călărași.

In 1956, Corneliu Coposu was sentenced to life imprisonment for "betrayal of the working class" and "crime against social reforms"; he was freed after 15 years of detention and 2 years of forced residence in Rubla. Coposu later testified having been impressed by the deep scars collectivization had left in the country, as well as by the resilience of the Rubla deportees (see Bărăgan deportations) — "They traded in vegetables they had grown themselves while locals could not be convinced that these could actually grow on the Bărăgan".[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 6 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. ^ Betea, Lavinia (August 17, 2006). "Distrugerea țărănimii" [The Destruction of the Peasant Class]. Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Retrieved October 22, 2023.
 
Locals waive to troopers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, as they pass through Însurăței during the unit's tactical road march from Mihail Kogălniceanu Airbase to Smârdan Training Area in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, March 24, 2015.