Călărași County

**Călărași** () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia. The capital of Călărași County is Călărași.

## Geography

Călărași County has an area of 5,088 km<sup>2</sup>.

## Divisions

Călărași County has 2 municipalities, 3 towns and 50 communes

### Municipalities

- Călărași – county seat; population: 65,181 (as of 2011)
- Oltenița

### Towns

- Budești
- Fundulea
- Lehliu-Gară

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Călărași County
- **native name**: Județul Călărași
- **settlement type**: Counties of Romania, County
- **image skyline**: Județul Călărași, România.jpg
- **image caption**: Landscape in Călărași County
- **image shield**: File:Stema Calarasi.svg
- **shield link**: Coat of arms of Călărași County
- **image map**: Calarasi in Romania.svg
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Development region<sup>1</sup>
- **subdivision name1**: Sud (development region), Sud
- **subdivision type2**: Historic region
- **subdivision name2**: Muntenia
- **subdivision type3**: Capital city (_Reședință de județ_)
- **subdivision name3**: Călărași
- **government type**: County Board
- **leader party**: National Liberal Party (Romania), National Liberal Party
- **leader title**: President of the County Board
- **leader name**: Vasile Iliuță
- **leader title1**: Prefect<sup>2</sup>
- **leader name1**: George Iacob
- **established title**: Created
- **established date**: 1981
- **area total km2**: 5088
- **area rank**: List of Romanian counties by area, 28th in Romania
- **population as of**: 2011
- **population total**: 285,050
- **population rank**: List of Romanian counties by population, 34th in Romania
- **population density km2**: 56.02
- **timezone**: Eastern European Time, EET
- **utc offset**: +2
- **timezone dst**: Eastern European Summer Time, EEST
- **utc offset dst**: +3
- **postal code type**: List of postal codes in Romania, Postal Code
- **postal code**: 91wxyz<sup>3</sup>
- **area code**: Romania telephone area codes, +40 x42<sup>4</sup>
- **blank name**: Romanian car number plates, Car Plates
- **blank info**: CL<sup>5</sup>
- **blank1 name**: GDP
- **blank1 info**: US$ 1.635 billion (_2015_)
- **blank2 name**: GDP/capita
- **blank2 info**: US$ 5,736 (_2015_)
- **footnotes**: <sup>1</sup>The development regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed as a way of managing funds from the European Union
<sup>2</sup> as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after resigning (or being excluded) from the public functionary corps
<sup>3</sup>w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
<sup>4</sup>x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
<sup>5</sup>used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, All-terrain vehicle, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county
- **website**: [http://www.calarasi.ro County Board]
[http://www.prefecturacalarasi.ro County Prefecture]