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Strehaia

Field	Value
type	town
county	Mehedinți
image_skyline	RO MH Streiaia monastery church with ruins in foreground.jpg
image_caption	Strehaia Monastery
image_map	Strehaia jud Mehedinti.png
map_caption	Location in Mehedinți County
leader_name	Ioan Giura
leader_term	2024–2028
leader_party	PSD
coordinates
elevation	150
area_total	108.64
population_total	auto
postal_code	225300
area_code	(+40) 02 52
website

Strehaia () is a town in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania. It is situated on the Motru River valley, in the eastern part of the county. Nine villages are administered by the town: Ciochiuța, Comanda, Hurducești, Lunca Banului, Menți, Motruleni, Slătinicu Mare, Slătinicu Mic, and Stăncești.

Geography

The town is located 48 km east of the county seat, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, on national road DN6 (part of the European route E70). It lies on the border with Gorj County, 25 km west of Filiași and 29 km southeast of Motru.

Forests in the vicinity are home to the largest Hermann's tortoise colonies in Oltenia.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 9,837. Of these, 88.79% were Romanians and 11.11% Roma; 99.4% were Romanian Orthodox. By the 2021 census, Strehaia's population had decreased to 9,059 inhabitants; of those, 72.26% were Romanians and 14.28% Roma.

History

|1930 |7870 |1948 |7776 |1956 |8545 |1966 |9768 |1977 |11271 |1992 |12324 |2002 |12564 |2011 |9837 |2021 |9059

Strehaia was first mentioned in documents of the 15th century. As an alternative location for the residence of Oltenian Bans during the early Craiovești rules, the town still features the foundation of the Banate estate house; it had replaced Severin due to frequent Ottoman attacks, and was in turn replaced by Craiova, remaining a largely rural locality.

The Monastery of Strehaia was built by Wallachian Prince Matei Basarab in 1645. In 1671, a cattle fair was organized in the town, a regular event which contributed to the town's development. Strehaia was the site of skirmishes between the Pandurs of Tudor Vladimirescu and troops loyal to Scarlat Callimachi, during the Wallachian uprising of 1821.

The estates of Prince Antoine Bibesco were located near Strehaia.

Natives

Rodion Cămătaru (born 1958), footballer
Adrian Pigulea (born 1968), footballer
Nicolae Popescu (1937–2010), mathematician

References

|File:Strehaia bis man SV.jpg|Front view of Strehaia Monastery

References

"Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
(31 May 2023). "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).

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