Videle

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Videle
Location of Videle
Location of Videle
Videle (Romania )
Videle
Videle
Location of Videle
Coordinates: 44°17′0″N 25°32′0″E / 44.28333, 25.53333
Country Flag of Romania Romania
County Teleorman County
Status Town
Government
 - Mayor Lucian Militaru (Democratic Party)
Area
 - Total 79.96 km² (30.9 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 - Total 12,015
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website: http://www.primariavidele.ro/

Videle is a town in Teleorman County, southern Romania, with a population of 12,015 in 2002. It was upgraded to the town status in 1968 by incorporation of a few villages nearby.

Videle is of some impotance as a railway junction, for the railway track heading south to Bulgaria leaves the main Walachian East-West-railway from Bucharest to Craiova.