Country Romania Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Thursday 9:22 PM | County Ilfov County Population 9,272 (2002) | |
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Măgurele is a town situated in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Romania. Its population is 9,200. Four villages are administered by the town: Alunișu, Dumitrana, Pruni and Vârteju.
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Map of M%C4%83gurele, Romania
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.
History
Its name is derived from a Romanian word possibly of Dacian origin, măgură, meaning "hill".
References
Măgurele Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA