Alexeni is a commune in Ialomița County, Muntenia, Romania, some 65 km north-east of Bucharest, near the town of Urziceni. It is composed of a single village, Alexeni.
Alexeni | |
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 Location in Ialomița County | |
  Alexeni Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 44°40′41″N 26°42′41″E / 44.6780°N 26.7113°E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Ialomița |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Ion Crețu[1] (PNL) |
| Area | 43.62 km2 (16.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[2] | 2,215 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 927015 |
| Area code | +(40) 243 |
| Vehicle reg. | IL |
| Website | www |
Until 2001 a Romanian Air Force military helicopters unit was located at the nearby Alexeni Airfield. In 2007, as the airfield was not used by the Romanian Air Force any longer, the former Minister of Transport Radu Berceanu suggested to use the location for Bucharest's new low-cost flights airport (as the operational tariffs for Bucharest's previous low-cost hub, Aurel Vlaicu Airport, were set to grow).[3] However, some analysts considered the project unrealistic and doomed to fail due to the poor conditions of the infrastructure in the area.[4] Eventually those plans were abandoned and all low-cost flights were moved in March 2012 at Bucharest main airport, the Henri Coandă International Airport.
Natives edit
- Chira Apostol (born 1960), rower
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New airport for low cost flights near Bucharest". HotNews. February 28, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Covaci, Cristian (February 1, 2007). "Aeroportul "sătesc" din Alexeni – un proiect mort din naștere" [The "village"-airport of Alexeni – a project born dead]. HotNews (in Romanian). Retrieved March 21, 2024.
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