Eforie is a town and a holiday resort on the Black Sea shore, in Constanta County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is located about 14 kilometers south of Constanta. Techirghiol Lake lies nearby.
Eforie Sud, the southern part of the town, was founded by the aristocrat Ion Movila in 1899, when he erected a hotel named Baile Movila (Movila Spa). In 1928, the spa was renamed Carmen-Sylva, after the pen name of Queen Elisabeth of Romania. In 1950, after the establishment of the Communist regime, the name of the city was changed again to Vasile Roaita to honor a railway worker shot dead during the Grivita strike of 1933. In 1962, the city was renamed yet again to Eforie Sud.
In 1966, the city of Eforie was created by merging Eforie Sud with the northern resort Eforie Nord. Formally, the city is composed of Eforie Sud, the administrative centre, and Eforie Nord, a dependent village. Many other hotels were built here over the years, most of them during the communist regime.
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