Calafat

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Calafat

Total population

18,500

Coordinates43.99°, 22.93°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Calafat is a city in Dolj County, southern Romania, in the region of Oltenia. It lies on the river Danube, opposite the Bulgarian city of Vidin, to which it is linked by the Calafat-Vidin Bridge, opened in 2013. After the destruction of the bridges of late antiquity, for centuries Calafat was connected with the southern bank of the Danube by boat, and later by ferryboat.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

D

Dorothea of Bulgaria

Banness consort and first Queen consort of Bosnia

Daniel Borimirov

Bulgarian footballer

Osman Pazvantoğlu

Ottoman rebel

Nina Chilova

Bulgarian politician

Vladimir Petkov

Bulgarian chess player

Constantine II of Bulgaria

Bulgarian ruler

D

Dora Bratschkowa

Bulgarian violinist

E

Emanuil A. Vidinski

Bulgarian writer

Rosen Kirilov

Bulgarian footballer

Rachamim Talbi

Israeli footballer

Sergei Ignatov

Bulgarian egyptologist

Milen Radukanov

Bulgarian footballer

R

Romylos of Ravanica

14th-century Bulgarian cleric

H

Hasan Eren

Turkish linguist and writer (1919–2007)

E

Emil Vladimirov

Bulgarian sportsperson

Aleksandar Tsanov Staliyski

Bulgarian politician (1893–1945)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Dolj

• Ciupercenii Vechi
  3.9 mi away · pop. 2,577
• Smârdan
  4.4 mi away · pop. 1,540
• Golenți
  6.2 mi away · pop. 685
• Poiana Mare
  8.3 mi away · pop. 11,149
• Hunia
  9.2 mi away · pop. 1,899
• Moreni
  9.6 mi away · pop. 766
• Tunarii Vechi
  10.8 mi away · pop. 1,546
• Tunarii Noi
  10.9 mi away · pop. 670
• Piscu Nou
  13 mi away · pop. 1,197
• Piscu Vechi
  13.1 mi away · pop. 2,637
• Moțăței Gară
  13.2 mi away · pop. 930
• Dobridor
  14.4 mi away · pop. 1,020

Browse all places in Dolj →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Calafat

Search results from Open Library.