Motru
Sign in to saveMotru () is a city in Romania, Gorj County. It is situated on the river Motru and its tributary, the river Ploștina, in western Oltenia. The county capital Târgu Jiu is located about northeast. The city administers eight villages: Dealu Pomilor, Horăști, Însurăței, Leurda, Lupoița, Ploștina, Roșiuța, and Râpa.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- municipality
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Gorj
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU Motru COA.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Motru.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- View over the city from Motru Hills
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Motru jud Gorj.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Gorj County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Costel-Cosmin Morega
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 185
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 50.09
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 215200
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- (+40) 02 53
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Romania
- Official name
- Motru
- Located in
- Gorj County
- Population
- 15950
- Area
- 50.090000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.primariamotru.ro
- Image
- Motru.jpg
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- Commons category
- Motru
- street address
- Gării, nr. 1
- contains settlement
- Roșiuța
- postal code
- 215200
- located in/on physical feature
- Oltenia
- native label
- Motru
- phone number
- +40-372788536
- population by native language
- 12
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1966-00-00
- historical region
- Oltenia
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Motru () is a city in Romania, Gorj County. It is situated on the river Motru and its tributary, the river Ploștina, in western Oltenia. The county capital Târgu Jiu is located about northeast. The city administers eight villages: Dealu Pomilor, Horăști, Însurăței, Leurda, Lupoița, Ploștina, Roșiuța, and Râpa.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Motru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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