Măgurele

Măgurele is a town situated in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Its population is 9,200. Four villages are administered by the town: Alunișu, Dumitrana, Pruni and Vârteju.

For other uses, see Măgurele (disambiguation).
Măgurele
Town
Downtown Măgurele, 2007
Coat of arms
Location in Ilfov County
Măgurele
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°20′58″N 26°01′47″E
Country Romania
CountyIlfov
Government
 • MayorNarcis-Cătălin Constantin[1] (PNL)
Population
 (2011)[2]
11,041
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.IF
Websitewww.primariamagurele.ro
Welcome sign at the town's southern entry

The town hosts a nuclear research lab, the Institute of Atomic Physics (Romanian: Institutul de Fizicǎ Atomicǎ (IFA)) and its National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering. Between 1957 and 1998, it had a Soviet VVRS research reactor, now closed down. The Faculty of Physics of the University of Bucharest is also located in Măgurele.

According to a Romanian government press release, the high power laser system (HPLS) project of the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics Center achieved the power of 10 petawatts on 7 March 2019, becoming the most powerful laser in the world.[3][4]

History
Historical population
YearPop.±%
20029,200—    
201110,565+14.8%
Source: Census data

Its name is derived from a Romanian word possibly of Dacian origin, măgură, meaning "hill".

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References
  1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. http://business-review.eu/tech/magurele-laser-part-of-eli-project-reached-maximum-power-of-10-petawats-197989
  4. http://romania-insider.com/magurele-laser-highest-power-world
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