Chirnogi
{{for|the village with the same name in the same county|Ulmu, Călărași}}
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type = commune
|county = Călărași
|official_name = Chirnogi
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|image_map = Chirnogi jud Calarasi.png
|map_caption = Location in Călărași County
|leader_name = Ion Ștefan{{cite web|url=https://comunachirnogi.ro/|title=Comuna Chirnogi. Cuvântul primarului|language=ro|publisher=Chirnogi town hall|access-date=February 2, 2025}}
|leader_party = PSD
|leader_term = 2024–2028
|coordinates = {{coord|44|7|N|26|35|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation = 18
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|area_total = 198.95
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|population_total = auto
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|postal_code = 917025
|area_code = +(40) 242
|website = {{URL|https://comunachirnogi.ro/}}
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Chirnogi is a commune in Călărași County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Chirnogi.
The commune is situated in the south of the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of {{cvt|18|m}}, on the left bank of the Danube, where the Argeș River discharges into it. Chirnogi is located towards the southwestern extremity of Călărași County, {{cvt|7|km}} west of Oltenița. It is crossed by national road {{ill|DN41|ro}}, which connects Oltenița to Giurgiu.
At the 2021 census, Chirnogi had a population of 6,629; of those, 70.07% were Romanians and 20.14% Roma.{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}
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External links
- {{cite news|url=http://www.adevarul.ro/locale/calarasi/Calarasi-timp-liber-muzeu-vestigii_0_554944964.html|title=Cum să-ți petreci timpul liber printre vestigii|language=ro|newspaper=Adevărul|date=September 15, 2011|access-date=February 2, 2025}} Gumelnița Culture graves (5th millennium BC) discovered at Chirnogi.
{{Călăraşi County}}
Category:Localities in Muntenia
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