Chirnogi

Chirnogi is a commune in Calarasi County, Muntenia, Romania, formed most effective from the house of the same name. The call of the commune most possibly comes from Turkish, kirnak, -gi-s.F.S. Roaba, s.F.Pl. or Bulgarian, kirnoga, kirnozi which means grimy feet or legs. At the give up of the 19th century, the commune was a part of the Oltenita internet of Ilfov County and became the second largest commune in the county, along the Lipia-Bojdani commune.

It became fashioned handiest from the house village, with 4620 inhabitants, dwelling in 778 homes and eight huts. Three churches, steam mills, steam-threshing machines, a boys 'school with 128 students, and a girls' college with forty two students operated in the commune. The Socec Yearbook of 1925 facts it within the same net, with a population of 6187. In 1950, the commune was transferred to Oltenita rayon from Bucharest, till 1968 while it again to Ilfov County, re-set up. In 1981, a nearby administrative reorganization caused the switch of the commune to Calarasi County.