Type: | commune |
County: | Dolj |
Poiana Mare | |
Leader Name: | Viorel Oprescu |
Leader Party: | PNL |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 43.9333°N 28°W |
Elevation: | 42 |
Area Total: | 163.94 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 207470 |
Area Code: | +(40) 251 |
Poiana Mare is a commune in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania with a population of 9,047 as of 2021. It is composed of three villages: Poiana Mare, Tunarii Noi, and Tunarii Vechi.
The commune is located at the southwestern extremity of Dolj County, southeast of Calafat, a port city on the Danube, and southwest of the county seat, Craiova.
Poiana Mare is crossed by the national road, which starts in the port town of Bechet, to the east, and ends in Calafat. The Poiana Mare train station serves the CFR Line 913, a -long railway that connects the commune to Golenți, a component village of Calafat.
At the 2021 census, the commune had 9,047 inhabitants; of those, 85.53% were Romanians and 4.23% Roma.[1]