Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, neighbouring the north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to PloieÃÂti. It has 21,750 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, OdÃÂile, is administered by the city.
Henri CoandÃÂ International Airport is located inside Otopeni. The head office of the airline TAROM is located inside the International Departures Terminal in the airport. In addition the head office of ÃÂiriac Air is in Otopeni.
The oldest discovered human settlements in the region are very old. On the occasion of excavations in 1966 to expand the nearby Henri CoandÃÂ International Airport, archaeologist Margaret Constantiniu of the 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 â voivode of Wallachia â 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 BÃÂneasa, Holy Trinity monastery was given back (later Radu VodÃÂ) 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 DâmboviÃÂa 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 CeauÃÂescu's Systematization plan. It replaced the semidetached houses with four-story high apartment buildings.
As of 2024, the mayor of Otopeni is Constantin Silviu Gheorghe, from the 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: