Țicleni Explained

Type:town
County:Gorj
Țicleni
Leader Name:Constantin Radu[1]
Leader Party:PSD
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Coordinates:44.8667°N 47°W
Elevation:180
Area Total:72.29
Population Total:auto
Postal Code:215600
Area Code:(+40) 02 53

Țicleni is a town in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania.

It is a community developed around the exploitation of extractive industries: oil and natural gas. The relief is predominantly hilly, with deciduous forests (some are century-old oaks) and conifers, with views of great beauty. Fauna includes rabbits, deer, foxes, wild boar.

Of the county's nine cities and towns, Țicleni is in sixth place in terms of population.

It was raised to the status of town in 1968. It is established by uniting three main parts, from north to south: Tunși, Țicleni, and Gura Lumezii, plus 3 former settlements of workers in the oil field, now upgraded.

The town has a stadium and owns a football team, FC Petrolul Țicleni. In the past here was a spa with warm water. The town has medical units, a gymnasium, four primary schools, five kindergartens, four churches, a municipal library, a High School of Industrial Oil, restaurants, general stores and a local television station.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 14 June 2021 . dmy-all.