ScorniceÃÂti () is a town in Olt County, Romania, with a population of 10,795. The town administers 13 villages (BÃÂlÃÂaÃÂi, Bircii, ChiÃÂeasca, ConstantineÃÂti, Jitaru, MÃÂrgineni-Slobozia, MihÃÂileÃÂti-PopeÃÂti, MogoÃÂeÃÂti, Negreni, Piscani, Rusciori, ÃÂuica, and TeiuÃÂ) and has a total area of , being the locality with the largest area in the county of Olt, surpassing even its capital, Slatina. ScorniceÃÂti is situated in the historical region of Oltenia. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program.
ScorniceÃÂti was the birthplace of communist leader Nicolae CeauÃÂescu, who lived there until the age of 11, when he left for Bucharest to become a shoemaker. During his dictatorship, CeauÃÂescu wanted to make ScorniceÃÂti a "model town" to house the newly created "Socialist Man". Consequently, in 1988, he began his plan by demolishing the traditional village houses and replacing them with apartment buildings, and changed the town's status from "village" to "city" (however, the bulldozers did not destroy CeauÃÂescu's birth home, which is now one of the local attractions - see on WikiMapia).
CeauÃÂescu also built a large stadium (with a capacity of 18,000 spectators) for the local football team, FC Olt, which, with the help of the CeauÃÂescus, was promoted to Divizia A. Nowadays, the team plays in the Olt County Championship.
The ScorniceÃÂti Solar Park power system of solar panels is located in the town.