Sector 5 (Bucharest)

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Bucharest, Sector 5 Sector 5, București
Sector
Izvor from across the Dâmbovița River
Coordinates: 44°26′04.2″N 26°05′46.5″E / 44.434500°N 26.096250°E / 44.434500; 26.096250
Country	Romania
County	Municipality of Bucharest
Government
• Mayor	Cristian Popescu Piedone (PPU-SL)
Area
• Total	30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation	60–90 m (197–295 ft)
Population  (December 1, 2021)
• Total	239,607
• Density	7,986.9/km2 (20,686/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	05xxxx
Area code	+40 x1
Car Plates	B
Website	www.sector5.ro

Sector 5 (Romanian: Sectorul 5) is an administrative unit of Bucharest.

• 13 Septembrie
• Cotroceni
• Ferentari
• Ghencea
• Giurgiului
• Odăi
• Rahova
• Sălaj

From 2020 until May 2022, the mayor of the sector was Cristian Popescu Piedone, a member of the Social Liberal Humanist Party (PUSL) and former mayor of Sector 4. He was elected in 2020 for a four-year term, defeating incumbent Daniel Florea, who had been mayor since 2016. In May 2022, vice-mayor Mircea Nicolaidis took over as interim mayor of Sector 5.^[1] In June 2023 he was released and came back in his office due to the fact he was never removed from this position.^[2]

The Local Council of Sector 5 has 27 seats, with the following party composition (as of 2020):

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