Budești
town in Călărași County, Romania
Budești (Romani: Budeshti) is a small provincial town in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Aprozi, Buciumeni, and Gruiu. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
Geography
The town lies in the southwestern corner of the Bărăgan Plain, where the river Dâmbovița flows into the Argeș.
Budești is located in the western part of Călărași County, on the border with Giurgiu County. It lies at a distance of 30 km (19 mi) south-east of Bucharest, the capital of the country, and 77 km (48 mi) west of Călărași, the county seat.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, Budești has a population of 7,126 people. It is the Romanian town with the largest proportion of Romani. As one of two urban areas where Romani make up more than 20% of the total population, Budești is also the one of two towns in Romania where the Romani language has co-official status alongside Romanian, with education, signage, and public service provided in both languages. 62% of the town's population is of Romanian ethnicity and 37.8% is of Romani ethnicity.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q851409. VIAF identifies the subject as 235711101. Authority coordinates are 44.230, 26.450. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1989 and 2021.
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