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Scornicești

Field	Value
type	town
county	Olt
official_name	Scornicești
image_shield	ROU OT Scornicesti CoA.png
image_skyline	Scornicesti 2013 (2).jpg
image_caption	The Scornicești stadium
image_map	Scornicesti jud Olt.png
map_caption	Location in Olt County
coordinates
leader_name	Daniel Tudor
leader_term	2024–2028
leader_party	PSD
area_total	168.77
population_total	auto
postal_code	235600
area_code	(+40) 02 49
website

The house in which Nicolae Ceaușescu was born in 1918

Scornicești () is a town in Olt County, Romania, with a population of 10,795. The town administers 13 villages (Bălțați, Bircii, Chițeasca, Constantinești, Jitaru, Mărgineni-Slobozia, Mihăilești-Popești, Mogoșești, Negreni, Piscani, Rusciori, Șuica, and Teiuș) and has a total area of 170 km2, being the locality with the largest area in the county of Olt, surpassing even its capital, Slatina. Scornicești is situated in the historical region of Oltenia. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.

History

|1992 |13998 |2002 |13751 |2011 |11766 |2021 |10,795

Scornicești was the birthplace of communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu, who lived there until the age of 11, when he left for Bucharest to become a shoemaker. During his dictatorship, Ceaușescu wanted to make Scornicești a "model town" to house the newly created "Socialist Man". Consequently, in 1988, he began his plan by demolishing the traditional village houses and replacing them with apartment buildings, and changed the town's status from "village" to "city" (however, the bulldozers did not destroy Ceaușescu's birth home, which is now one of the local attractions - see on WikiMapia).

Ceaușescu also built a large stadium (with a capacity of 18,000 spectators) for the local football team, FC Olt, which, with the help of the Ceaușescus, was promoted to Divizia A. Nowadays, the team plays in the Olt County Championship.

The Scornicești Solar Park power system of solar panels is located in the town.

Natives

Radu Băldescu (1888–1953), major general during World War II
Ion Barbu (born 1977), footballer
Marin Ceaușescu (1916–1989), economist and diplomat, the older brother of Nicolae
Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918–1989), communist politician, general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and the second and last communist leader of Romania
Valentin Coșereanu (born 1991), footballer
Emil Dică (born 1982), footballer

Notes

References

Florian Bichir, "Scornicești, oaza de capitalism", Evenimentul Zilei, 25 January 2004
Alex Nedea, Catalin Pruteanu, "Scornicești, again a village", Jurnalul Național, 21 July 2005

References

"Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
"City Council homepage in Romanian".
(6 June 2011). "O singură firmă face curent de la Soare în România".

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