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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = town
|county             = Ilfov
|official_name      = Otopeni
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU IF Otopeni CoA.png
|image_skyline      = OTP "Henri Coanda" Airport Bucharest (MAR2023) - img 02.jpg
|image_caption      = [[Bucharest Otopeni Airport]]
|image_map          = Otopeni ilfov.png
|map_caption        = Location in Ilfov County
|leader_name        = Constantin-Silviu Gheorghe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.otopeniro.ro/pagina/oficialii-orasului-42 |title=Oficialii orașului |publisher=Otopeni town hall |access-date=January 7, 2025 |language=ro|website=www.otopeniro.ro}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|term               = 2024&ndash;2028
|coordinates        = {{coord|44|33|0|N|26|4|12|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 91
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 31.60
|area_footnotes     = 
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|postal_code        = 075100
|area_code          = +(40) 021
|website            = {{URL|https://www.otopeniro.ro/}}
}}

[[File:2017 Henri Coanda sosiri.jpg|thumb|[[Henri Coandă International Airport]], which is the location of the [[TAROM]] head office]]
'''Otopeni''' ({{IPA|ro|otoˈpenʲ}}) is a town in [[Ilfov County]], [[Muntenia]], [[Romania]], neighbouring the north of [[Bucharest]] along the [[DN1]] road to [[Ploiești]]. It has 21,750 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city.

[[Henri Coandă International Airport]] is located inside Otopeni. The head office of the airline [[TAROM]] is located inside the International Departures Terminal in the airport.<ref>"[http://www.tarom.ro/en/tarom-company/public-aquisitions/achive-2007-2008/arhiva-anunturi-de-participare-2007-si-2008/participation-announcement-to-the-tender-procedure-for-public-procurement-information-technology-services.html Participation Announcement To The Tender Procedure For Public Procurement – Information Technology Services]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[TAROM]]. 12 June 2008. Retrieved on 28 February 2010. "The headquarters of S.C. Compania Nationala de Transporturi Aeriene Romane TAROM S.A., placed in Otopeni, Calea Bucurestilor 224F, Ilfov County, Romania ( Henri Coanda International Airport-Bucharest, International Departures Terminal, 2nd Floor)." {{Dead link|date=April 2016}}</ref> In addition the head office of [[Țiriac Air]] is in Otopeni.<ref>"[http://www.tiriacair.ro/termeni Terms and Conditions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115012224/http://www.tiriacair.ro/termeni |date=2012-01-15 }}" ([http://www.tiriacair.ro/language/en/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aXJpYWNhaXIucm8vdGVybWVuaQ== Direct English link]{{dead link|date=April 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}) Țiriac Air. Retrieved on 11 December 2011. "[...]SC Ion Tiriac Air SRL, headquartered in Romania, Otopeni, Ilfov, 224G Bucurestilor Str, PO BOX 21-17,[...]" – [http://www.tiriacair.ro/language/ro/aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aXJpYWNhaXIucm8vdGVybWVuaQ== Romanian]{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}: "[...]Calea Bucureștilor nr. 224G, Otopeni, jud. Ilfov,[...]"</ref>

==History==
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|2002|10515
|2011|13861
|2021|21750
}}
The oldest discovered human settlements in the region are very old. On the occasion of excavations in 1966 to expand the nearby [[Henri Coandă International Airport]], archaeologist [[Margaret Constantiniu]] of the [[National History Museum of Romania|History Museum of Bucharest]] identified fragments of ancient [[pottery]] and other objects that belonged to an important human settlements existing since the first period of the [[Iron Age]]. In an overlay was discovered another settlement are dated to the 10th century.

By charter of 14 February 1587, [[Mihnea Turcitul]] – [[voivode]] of [[Wallachia]] – gave Holy Trinity Monastery half to the village of Islazul and half to the village of Hodopeni (today Otopeni) mills and gypsies.

On 20 May 1620, Maria, great Băneasa, Holy Trinity monastery was given back (later Radu Vodă) half the village Hodopeni with Rumani, given by Master Villa, commanding Ruman listen. Historian [[Constantin C. Giurescu]] argued that the name Hodopeni comes from Hodopa or Hodoba.

At the end of the 19th century, Otopeni town was part of [[Dâmbovița County]],  Ilfov province, consisting of two villages, Lower Otopeni and Upper Otopeni, with 851 inhabitants in total. The commune operated a school with 29 students and two churches (one in each village). The village chambers were then part of the town Bucoveni, with 125 inhabitants.

Otopeni was transformed into a city as part of [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]]'s [[Systematization (Romania)|Systematization]] plan. It replaced the semidetached houses with four-story high apartment buildings.<ref>Darrick Danta, "Ceaușescu's Bucharest", ''[[Geographical Review]]'' 83, no. 2 (1993)</ref>

==Local government==
As of 2024, the mayor of Otopeni is Constantin Silviu Gheorghe, from the [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]]. The Otopeni Local Council has 17 councillors, even though before the 2008 local elections, it only had 15. It is considered to be a safe Liberal district, currently having the following party composition:

{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
! style="background:#ccc" | Party
! style="background:#ccc" | Seats in [[2004 Romanian local election|2004]]
! style="background:#ccc" | Seats in [[2008 Romanian local election|2008]]
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="13" | Current Council
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| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]]
| style="text-align: right" | '''11'''
| style="text-align: right" | '''13'''
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
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| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Union (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (Romania)|Democratic Party]]
| style="text-align: right" | '''2'''
| style="text-align: right" | '''2'''
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Union (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Union (Romania)}} &nbsp;
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==Natives==
* [[Lucian Croitoru]] (born 1957), economist
* [[Mihai Dobrescu]] (born 1992), footballer
* [[Ioana Tudoran]] (born 1948), rower

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Gallery
|File:16.09.21 Aeroport Henri Coandă 962093 (51491032219).jpg|Aeroport Henri Coandă T1 train station
|File:Aerial view - Henri Coanda Airport - Bucharest.jpg|Aerial view of the airport
|File:Cladire Tiriac Collection - extinsa.jpg|{{ill|Țiriac Collection|ro}} building in Otopeni
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Otopeni}}
{{Portal|Romania}}
* [http://www.otopeniro.ro/ Otopeni] {{in lang|ro}}

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[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Ilfov County]]
[[Category:Localities in Muntenia]]