Bechet

Bechet is a metropolis in Dolj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is placed in the south of the county, being one of the Danube ports of the Dolj County, along Calafat. At Bechet there's a border crossing point to Bulgaria. The crossing is performed by the ferry between Bechet and the Bulgarian city of Rahova. In the Bechet harbor, the Marine Day celebrates yearly on August 15, in which diverse naval video games take vicinity, walks at the Danube, as well as area journeys.

Near the town of Bechet there is Sadova Monastery and the secular wooded area of Zaval, wherein each yr, on the first Sunday of August, a beautiful competition is organized. According to the 2011 census, the population of Bechet is 3.657, down from the previous census in 2002, whilst there had been 3,864 population. The city of Bechet is administered with the aid of a mayor and a neighborhood council composed of 13 councilors. Mayor Adrian Glavan from the Social Democratic Party was elected in 2016.