Ilfov is the county that surrounds
Bucharest, the capital of
Romania. It used to be largely rural, but after the fall of
communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income
commuter towns, which act like suburbs or satellites of Bucharest. The
gentrification of the county is continuing, with many towns in Ilfov, such as
Otopeni, having some of the highest GDP per capita levels in the country.