Country Romania Status Town Area 79.96 km² Local time Monday 5:40 AM | County Teleorman County Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 11,112 (2011) | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind NE at 11 km/h, 58% Humidity | ||
Videle ([ˈvidele]) is a town in Teleorman County, southern Romania, with a population of 11,112 in 2011. It was upgraded to town status in 1968 by incorporation of a few villages nearby. Today, Coșoaia is the single associated village the town administers.
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Map of Videle 145300, Romania
Videle is of some importance as a railway junction, for the railway track heading south to Bulgaria leaves the main Walachian East-West-railway from Bucharest to Craiova.
Children's residential hospital
Located adjacent to the main hospital grounds, the local 'Residential Hospital for Incurable Children' gained international notoriety for its appalling conditions and deprivations. These became public following the overthrow of the Ceaușescu government and a damning report by an investigative journalist from The Washington Post in 1990.