Magurele
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Downtown Măgurele, 2007
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 Măgurele
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| Coordinates: 44°23′41″N 26°3′58″E / 44.39472°N 26.06611°E | ||
| Country |
 Romania
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| County | Ilfov County | |
| Population (2002) | 9,272 | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Website | http://www.primariamagurele.ro | |
Măgurele is a town situated in the southwestern part of Ilfov County, Romania. Its population is 9,200. Four villages are administered by the town: Alunișu, Dumitrana, Pruni and Vârteju.
The town hosts a nuclear research lab, the Institute of Atomic Physics (Romanian: Institutul de Fizicǎ Atomicǎ (IFA)) and its National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering. Between 1957 and 1998, it had a Soviet VVRS research reactor, now closed down. The Faculty of Physics of the University of Bucharest is also located in Măgurele.
Its name is derived from a Romanian word possibly of Dacian origin, măgură, meaning "hill".
Coordinates: 44°23′41″N 26°3′58″E / 44.39472°N 26.06611°E
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