Însurăței
Also known as Însurăţei, Insuratei
Însurăței (formerly known as Pârdăleni) is a town located in Brăila County, Muntenia, Romania. The town administers three villages: Lacu Rezii, Măru Roșu, and Valea Călmățuiului. The latter was called Rubla during Communist rule and housed political offenders who were obliged to live there. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
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- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Brăila
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- Flag of Însurăţei.png
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- ROU BR Insuratei CoA.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- RO BR Insuratei town hall.jpeg
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- Însurăței town hall
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- Insuratei jud Braila.png
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- Location in Brăila County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Florentina Carșote
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
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Însurăței (formerly known as Pârdăleni) is a town located in Brăila County, Muntenia, Romania. The town administers three villages: Lacu Rezii, Măru Roșu, and Valea Călmățuiului. The latter was called Rubla during Communist rule and housed political offenders who were obliged to live there. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
The town lies in the Bărăgan Plain, a steppe plain in the eastern part of the Wallachian Plain. Însurăței is located in the southern part of the county, from the county seat, Brăila. It is crossed by national road DN21, linking the Danube port of Brăila with Călărași.
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