Plătărești
commune in Călărași County, Romania
Plătărești is a commune in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Cucuieți, Dorobanțu, Plătărești, and Podu Pitarului.
The commune is located in the southwestern reaches of the Bărăgan Plain, in the western part of the county.
At the 2011 census, Plătărești had a population of 4,178; of those, 88.61% were ethnic Romanians and 4.14% Roma. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 3,955, of which 87.64% were Romanians and 6.93% Roma.
Plătărești Monastery was built in 1632–1646 by Voivode Matei Basarab.
Natives
Mihail Dragomirescu (1868 – 1942), aesthetician, literary theorist, and critic.
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