Bolintin-Vale (Romanian pronunciation:[bolinˌtinˈvale]) is a town in Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 12,806 as of 2021[update]. The town administers three villages: Crivina, Malu Spart, and Suseni. It is the second largest city in the county; proximity to the capital, Bucharest, has helped the local economy. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
The town is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of 100 m (330 ft), on the banks of the Sabar River.
Demographics
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1992
11,545
—
2002
11,702
+1.4%
2011
12,929
+10.5%
2021
12,806
−1.0%
Source: Census data
According to the 2011 census, Bolintin-Vale was mainly populated by ethnic Romanians, who made up 79.2% of the total population of 12,929, even though it had a significant Romani minority (19.8%). In fact, Bolintin-Vale was at time the Romanian town with the fourth largest percentage of Roma people. Many of the Romani are refugees from neighbouring Bolintin-Deal, who settled here after the ethnic clashes from 1991. As of 2011, the population breakdown of the town and the three adjacent villages was as follows: Bolintin-Vale 7,376, Malu Spart 3,126, Crivina 817, and Suseni 508.[3]
At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 12,806, of which 73,2% were Romanians and 14.63% Roma.[4]
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