Drobeta-Turnu Severin

Drobeta-Turnu Severin, colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. "Drobeta" is the name of the ancient Dacian and Roman towns at the site, and the modern town of Turnu Severin received the additional name of Drobeta during Nicolae Ceaușescu's national-communist dictatorship as part of his myth-making efforts.The city administers three villages: Dudașu Schelei, Gura Văii, and Schela Cladovei. The city's population is 79,865, up from 18,628 in 1900.