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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Ilfov
|name               = 1 Decembrie
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU IF 1 Decembrie CoA.png
|image_skyline      = 
|image_caption      = 
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = 1Decembrie ilfov.png
|map_caption        = Location in Ilfov County
|leader_name        = Gheorghe Petre
|leader_party       = PNL
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|44|17|N|26|4|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 62
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 10.26
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
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|postal_code        = 077005
|area_code          = +(40) 21
|website            = {{URL|http://primaria1decembrie.ro/}}
}}
'''1 Decembrie''' is a commune in the south of [[Ilfov County]], [[Muntenia]], [[Romania]], composed of a single village, 1 Decembrie. It also included the village of [[Copăceni, Ilfov|Copăceni]] until 2005, when it was split off to form a separate commune. 

==Name==
Originally named '''Copăcenii de Sus''', in the 1930s the village changed its name to '''Regele Ferdinand''', in memory of [[King of Romania|King]] [[Ferdinand of Romania]]. After the Communist takeover in the aftermath of World War II, the name was changed to '''30 Decembrie''' (December 30), to commemorate the day when the country became a republic in 1947. In 1996, following the [[Romanian Revolution]], the name was changed to 1 Decembrie (December 1), which marks [[Union Day (Romania)|Union Day]], the day when the [[Kingdom of Romania]] was united with [[Transylvania]] in 1918.

==Demographics==
As of the [[2021 Romanian census|2021 census]], the commune had a population of 8,206, of which 78.15% are [[Romanians]] and 4.26% are [[Romani people|Roma]].<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=[[National Institute of Statistics (Romania)|INSSE]]|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

==Natives==
*[[Angela Similea]] (born 1946), female pop star 

==Sports==
[[AS Sportul 30 Decembrie|Sportul 30 Decembrie]] was a [[football (soccer)|football]] [[football team|club]] based in the commune. Founded in 1950, the club was financially supported by the local farm; its team was the first from Ilfov County to play in [[Liga II]]. The club was dissolved in 1992.

==Notes==
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[[Category:Communes in Ilfov County]]
[[Category:Localities in Muntenia]]


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