Budești

For other uses, see Budești (disambiguation).

Budești Budeshti
Town
Location of Budești
Budești Location of Budești
Coordinates:
Country	Romania
County	Călărași County
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Lucia Lefter (National Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	93 km2 (36 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	7,024
• Density	75.5/km2 (196/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Budești (Romani: Budeshti) is a small provincial town in Călărași County, approximately 30 km south-east of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. Three villages are administered by the town: Aprozi, Buciumeni and Gruiu. Budești was the birthplace of famous Romanian violin player Ion Voicu. It has a population of 7,024 people. Near Budești, the Dâmbovița river flows into the Argeș River.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1992	10,044	—
2002	9,596	−4.5%
2011	7,024	−26.8%
Source: Census data

According to the 2011 census, Budești is the Romanian town with the largest proportion of Romani. As one of two urban areas where Romani make up more than 20% of the total population, Budești is also the one of two towns in Romania where the Romani language has co-official status alongside Romanian, with education, signage and public service provided in both languages. 62% of the town's population is of Romanian ethnicity and 37.8% is of Romani ethnicity.

In terms of religion, 99.59% of the population declared themselves to be Romanian Orthodox at the 2002 census, 0.28% were Pentecostal, and 0.11% declared another religion.

See also

• List of towns in Romania with large Roma populations
• Roma minority in Romania

External links

• 2011 census data for Budești