Curcani

Turcani is a commune in Calarasi County, Muntenia, Romania, including the villages Curcani and Salcioara. The first documentary mention is on 24 September to 6 October 1878 when Prince Carol I went with the Minister of War to Mitreni-Fundeni where a new commune become hooked up on a kingdom area and 800 younger peasants have been given land below a regulation vintage church in 1864.

On this event, he baptized the new commune called Curcani of his effective courageous guys who changed this nickname right into a name of honor. At the cease of the 19th century, the commune become part of the Oltenita net of Ilfov County and consisted handiest of the residence village with 790 population, dwelling in 159 homes and 28 huts. There turned into a church and a mixed college with 21 college students. The Socec Yearbook information the commune inside the equal net, having in its best village a population of 2085. In 1950, the commune passed into the administration of Oltenita rayon in Bucharest, in an effort to go back to Ilfov County in 1968, being re-established, then being registered at the territory of the commune and the small village Salcioara. In 1981, a local administrative reorganization brought about the switch of the commune to Calarasi County.