Mogoșoaia


Mogoșoaia is a commune in the west of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, composed of a single village, Mogoșoaia.
In late 17th century, Constantin Brâncoveanu bought land here, and, between 1698 and 1702, he built the Mogoșoaia Palace.
The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, at an altitude of, on the banks of the Colentina River, which widens here into the. It is located in the central-west part of Ilfov County, in the northwestern outskirts of the national capital, about from downtown Bucharest.
At the 2021 census, Mogoșoaia had a population of 9,820; of those, 74.79% were Romanians, and the others of unknown ethnicity.

Natives