Poroschia

Poroschia

Poroschia

Commune in Teleorman, Romania

Poroschia is a commune in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Calomfirești and Poroschia.

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The commune is situated in the central part of the Wallachian Plain. It lies on the banks of the river Vedea; the river Nanov flows into the Vedea in Calomfirești.

Poroschia is located in the central-south part of Teleorman County, just south of the county seat, Alexandria. It is crossed by national road DN51 [ro], which runs from Alexandria, 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north, to Zimnicea, a port on the Danube, 36 km (22 mi) to the south.

The commune is known for its psychiatric hospital; with a capacity of 185 beds, the hospital treated 3,832 patients in 2014.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. [2]
    "Structura organizatorică și secții". www.spitalul-poroschia.ro (in Romanian). Poroschia Psychiatric Hospital. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
Bridge over the river Vedea
Psychiatric hospital in Poroschia
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