Sector 5 (Bucharest)
Sector in Municipality of Bucharest, Romania
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Sector 5 (Romanian: Sectorul 5) is an administrative unit of Bucharest.
Bucharest, Sector 5
Sector 5, București | |
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Sector | |
 Izvor from across the Dâmbovița River | |
 Interactive map of Bucharest, Sector 5 | |
| Coordinates: 44°26′04.2″N 26°05′46.5″E | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Municipality of Bucharest |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vlad Popescu Piedone[1] (PPU-SL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 30 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 60–90 m (200–300 ft) |
| Population (December 1, 2021) | |
• Total | 239,607 |
| • Density | 7,986.9/km2 (20,686/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal Code | 05xxxx |
| Area code | +40 x1 |
| Car Plates | B |
| Website | sector5 |
Quarters
- 13 Septembrie
- Cotroceni
- Ferentari
- Ghencea
- Giurgiului
- Odăi
- Rahova
- Sălaj
Politics
From 2020 until May 2022, the mayor of the sector was Cristian Popescu Piedone, a member of the Social Liberal Humanist Party (PUSL) and former mayor of Sector 4. He was elected in 2020 for a four-year term, defeating incumbent Daniel Florea, who had been mayor since 2016. In May 2022, vice-mayor Mircea Nicolaidis took over as interim mayor of Sector 5.[2] In June 2023 he was released and came back in his office due to the fact he was never removed from this position.[3] In 2024, his son, Vlad Popescu Piedone, succeed him as mayor of Sector 5.[1]
The Local Council of Sector 5 has 27 seats, with the following party composition (as of 2020):
| Party | Seats | Current Council | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 10 | |||||||||||
| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 6 | |||||||||||
| Save Romania Union (USR) | 5 | |||||||||||
| Social Liberal Humanist Party (PUSL) | 4 | |||||||||||
| People's Movement Party (PMP) | 2 | |||||||||||
