Mârșa

Mârșa
Commune
Mârșa
Coordinates: 44°22′N 25°33′E / 44.367°N 25.550°E / 44.367; 25.550
Country	Romania
County	Giurgiu County
Area	57.70 km2 (22.28 sq mi)
Population (2002)	2,784
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Mârșa is a commune located in north-west Giurgiu County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Mârșa.

The etymology is lost in time. The Romanian word mârșă, meaning "lure" or "bait", has probably nothing to do with the name origin.

According to 1901 edition of (English: Great Romanian Geographical Dictionary), Mârșa was in the 19th century a rural commune located on Drîmbovnic (nowadays Dâmbovnic) Valley, part of Neajlov District (Plasa Neajlov), Vlașca County. Also, former property of Bolintineanu family - the poet Dumitru Bolintineanu (a.k.a. Dimitrie Bolintineanu) being even born in there, Mârșa (Mîrșia) was later divided between Mîrșia-din-Deal (en: Mîrșia-On-the-Hill), property of R. Dumitriu (later dowry to C. Nacu) and Mîrșia-din-Vale (en: Mîrșia-On-the-Valley), property of Nicolae Cioflic (Note: interpreted from original record).

The commune is situated in the Găvanu-Burdea Plain (part of Romanian Plain) on the right bank of Dâmbovnic river. It is crossed by the county road DJ601 linking Bucharest (45 km east) to Videle (10 km south).

North: Roata de Jos commune
East: Dâmbovnic river; farmland till Neajlov river
South-East: Goleasca village
South: Videle town
West: farmland till Teleorman county border

In the north side of village can be seen oil wells in exploitation. The farmland is good for field intensive crops if properly irrigated, especially in dry summers.

Tei settlement - civilian housing of Bronze Age (on the outskirts of the village, right side of Roata de Jos road, north of Gitonei Valley)
Dridu settlement - civilian housing of Medieval times – 8th century AD (on the outskirts of the village, right side of Goleasca road)

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