Type: | commune |
County: | Dolj |
Plenița | |
Leader Name: | Mihai-Puiu Calafeteanu[1] |
Leader Party: | PNL |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 44.2167°N 34°W |
Elevation: | 159 |
Area Total: | 88.65 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 207460 |
Area Code: | +(40) 251 |
Plenița is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 4,156 people as of 2021. It is composed of two villages, Castrele Traiane and Plenița.
The locality was a town until 1950. It is located in the western part of the county, at a distance of from the county seat, Craiova, and from the Danube, on the border with Mehedinți County. Its neighbors are the following communes: Verbița to the north; Orodel and Caraula to the east; Unirea to the south; and Dârvari and Oprișor (from Mehedinți County) to the west and northwest.