Eforie
title: "Eforie" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["localities-in-northern-dobruja", "populated-coastal-places-in-romania", "populated-places-in-constanța-county", "seaside-resorts-in-romania", "spa-towns-in-romania", "towns-in-romania"] topic_path: "general/localities-in-northern-dobruja" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eforie" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Romanian subdivision"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | town |
| county | Constanța |
| official_name | Eforie |
| image_shield | Coa Romania Town Eforie.svg |
| image_skyline | Eforie Nord - aug 2014 (1).JPG |
| image_map | Eforie jud Constanta.jpg |
| map_caption | Location in Constanța County |
| leader_name | Robert Șerban |
| leader_term | 2024–2028 |
| leader_party | PNL |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | 5 |
| area_total | 7.38 |
| population_total | auto |
| postal_code | 905360 |
| area_code | (+40) 02 41 |
| website | |
| :: |
| type = town | county = Constanța | official_name = Eforie | image_flag = | image_shield = Coa Romania Town Eforie.svg | image_skyline = Eforie Nord - aug 2014 (1).JPG | image_caption = | image_location = | image_map = Eforie jud Constanta.jpg | map_caption = Location in Constanța County | leader_name = Robert Șerban | leader_term = 2024–2028 | leader_party = PNL | coordinates = | elevation = 5 | elevation_min = | elevation_max = | area_total = 7.38 | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = | population_total = auto | population_footnotes = | postal_code = 905360 | area_code = (+40) 02 41 | website =
Eforie (; historical names (for Eforie Sud): Băile Movilă, Carmen-Sylva, Vasile Roaită) is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located about 14 km south of Constanța. Techirghiol Lake lies nearby.
History
| source = Census data | 1930 |872 | 1948 |1503 | 1956 |3286 | 1966 |6617 | 1977 |9507 | 1992 |9316 | 2002 |9294 | 2011 |8621 | 2021 |8630
Eforie Sud, the southern part of the town, was founded by the aristocrat Ion Movilă in 1899, when he erected a hotel named Băile Movilă (Movilă Spa). In 1928, the spa was renamed Carmen-Sylva, after the pen name of Queen Elisabeth of Romania. In 1950, after the establishment of the Communist regime, the name of the city was changed again to Vasile Roaită to honor a railway worker shot dead during the Grivița strike of 1933. In 1962, the city was renamed yet again to Eforie Sud.
In 1966, the city of Eforie was created by merging Eforie Sud with the northern resort Eforie Nord. Formally, the city is composed of Eforie Sud, the administrative centre, and Eforie Nord, a dependent village. Many other hotels were built here over the years, most of them during the communist regime.
Education
"Carmen Sylva" High School is the city's only high school (located in Eforie Sud, which also has a general school, while another general school is located in Eforie Nord).
Sports
Besides many summer sports, as beach football, there is a football club named CS Eforie, playing in Liga III.
Natives
- Andreea Bănică (born 1978), singer and songwriter
References
| File:Eforie Nord 2013 057 (9615585902).jpg|Jetty at the beach | File:CezarLazarescu-VillasEforie-1958.jpg|Villas in Eforie Nord, 1958 | File:Eforie Nord Salt Lake 2.jpg|Lake Techirghiol near Eforie Nord | File:A view from Eforie Nord (8021073353).jpg|A view from Eforie Nord towards Agigea
References
- "Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
- Turnock, Professor David. (28 June 2013). "Aspects of Independent Romania's Economic History with Particular Reference to Transition for EU Accession". Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..
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