Urlați
Urlați () is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. In 2011, it had a population of 10,064. Sixteen villages are administered by the town: Arioneștii Noi, Arioneștii Vechi, Cherba, Jercălăi, Mărunțiș, Orzoaia de Jos, Orzoaia de Sus, Schiau, Ulmi, Valea Bobului, Valea Crângului, Valea Mieilor, Valea Nucetului, Valea Pietrei, Valea Seman and Valea Urloii. The town is located in the south-central part of the county. It borders the following communes: Ceptura to the northeast, Tomșani to the southeast, Albești Paleologu to the south, Valea Călugărească to the southwest, Plopu to the west, and Iordăcheanu to the north. The river Cricovul Sărat flows through Urlați. Natives * Octavian Grigore * Constantin Vișoianu Climate Urlați has a humid subtropical climate (''Cfa'' in the Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian cli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Octavian Grigore
Octavian "Tavi" Grigore (15 July 1964) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Urlați, Prahova County, Grigore played as a centre-back and spent his entire career at nearby team Petrolul Ploiești. He amassed totals of 519 matches and 74 goals during his 19 years with "the Yellow Wolves". Managerial career Following his retirement as a player, Grigore started his managerial career by coaching teams such as Unirea Urziceni, FCM Târgoviște or Dunărea Galați among others, but also returning to Petrolul Ploiești for several stints. Honours Player Petrolul Ploiești *Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...: 1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89 * Cupa României: 1994–95 Manager Petrolul Ploiești *Divizia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Constantin Vișoianu
Constantin Vișoianu (4 February 1897 – 3 January 1994) was a Romanian jurist, diplomat, and politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of World War II. He later emigrated to the United States, where he served as President of the Romanian National Committee. Biography Early years Born in Urlați, Prahova County, he studied at the University of Bucharest and got a doctor's degree in Law at the Sorbonne in Paris. Upon returning to Romania, Vișoianu practiced as a lawyer at the Olt County Bar (starting in 1926), then at the Bucharest Bar (from 1937). Vișoianu was technical advisor at the League of Nations. From 1931 to 1933 he was member of the Romanian permanent delegation to the Conference on Disarmament. He was thereafter appointed minister plenipotentiary to The Hague (1 July 1933–1 October 1935) and Warsaw (1 October 1935–25 October 1936). World War II During World War II, Vișoianu was an unofficial advisor to the opposition to the dictatoria ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prahova County
Prahova County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 762,886 and the population density was 161/km². It is Romania's third most populated county (after the Municipality of Bucharest and Iași County), having a population density double that of the country's mean. * Romanians - 97.74% * Romas and others - 2.26% The county received an inflow of population who have moved here due to the industrial development. Geography This county has a total area of 4,716 km². The relief is split in approximately equal parts between the mountains, the hills and the plain. In the North side there are mountains from the southern end of the Eastern Carpathians - the Curvature Carpathians group; and the Bucegi Mountains the Eastern end of the Southern Carpathians group. The two groups are separated by the Prahova River Valley. The south side of the county is a plain, o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Towns In Romania
This is a list of cities and towns in Romania, ordered by population (largest to smallest) according to the 2002 and 2011 censuses. For the major cities, average elevation is also given. Cities in bold are county capitals. The list includes major cities with the status of ''municipiu'' (103 in total), as well as towns with the status of ''oraș'' (217 in total). Romania has 1 city with more than 1 million residents (Bucharest with 1,883,425 people), 19 cities with more than 100,000 residents, and 178 towns with more than 10,000 residents. Complete list }) , - , , , City ( ro, oraș) , - , Bold , County capital ( ro, reședință de județ) , - See also *List of cities in Europe * List of city listings by country References {{Authority control * Cities in Romania Towns in Romania Romania 2 Romania Romania Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cricovul Sărat
The Cricovul Sărat is a left tributary of the river Prahova in Romania. It discharges into the Prahova in Adâncata. e-calauza.ro It flows through the villages , , , , [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tomșani, Prahova
Tomșani is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It is composed of four villages: Loloiasca, Magula, Sătucu, and Tomșani. Natives * Alexandru Antemireanu (1877–1910), poet, prose writer, and literary critic References Communes in Prahova County Localities in Muntenia {{Prahova-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Albești-Paleologu
Albești-Paleologu is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Albești-Muru, Albești-Paleologu, Cioceni and Vadu Părului. The commune is located in the south-central part of the county, on the banks of the river Cricovul Sărat The Cricovul Sărat is a left tributary of the river Prahova in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the nor .... References Communes in Prahova County Localities in Muntenia {{Prahova-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valea Călugărească
Valea Călugărească is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of fifteen villages: Arva, Coslegi, Dârvari, Pantazi, Rachieri, Radila, Schiau, Valea Călugărească, Valea Largă, Valea Mantei, Valea Nicovani, Valea Poienii, Valea Popii, Valea Ursoii and Vârfurile. Valea Călugărească produces some of the highest quality red wines in Romania, such as Pinot noir and Fetească neagră, but also whites such as Pinot gris and Sauvignon blanc, and two of its own varieties, Fetească albă and Fetească regală Fetească can refer to * One of the following traditional Romanian/Moldovan wine grapes or wines: ** Fetească Albă ** Fetească Neagră ** Fetească Regală *, a village in Leuşeni Commune, Hînceşti district, Moldova {{DEFAULTSORT:Fe .... To promote its wine related traditions, Valea Călugărească hosts the largest wine festival in the country every September. References Communes in Prahova County Localities in Muntenia {{P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Plopu
Plopu is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and .... It is composed of four villages: Gâlmeia, Hârsa, Nisipoasa and Plopu. References Communes in Prahova County Localities in Muntenia {{Prahova-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iordăcheanu
Iordăcheanu is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Iordăcheanu, Mocești, Plavia, Străoști, Valea Cucului and Vărbila. A statue in honor of Michael the Brave's trek through Iordăcheanu is located in this commune. The name ''Iordăcheanu'' comes from a local man named " Iordache" . The little river Cricovul Sărat The Cricovul Sărat is a left tributary of the river Prahova in Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the nor ... flows through the commune. Vărbila Monastery, built in the 16th century, is located in Vărbila village. References Communes in Prahova County Localities in Muntenia {{Prahova-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Romanian). It is situated between the Danube (south and east), the Carpathian Mountains (the Transylvanian Alps branch) and Moldavia (both north), and the Olt River to the west. The latter river is the border between Muntenia and Oltenia (or ''Lesser Wallachia''). Part of the traditional border between Wallachia/Muntenia and Moldavia was formed by the rivers Milcov and Siret. Geography Muntenia includes București - Ilfov, Sud - Muntenia, and part of the Sud-Est development regions. It consists of ten counties entirely: * Brăila * Buzău * Călărași * Argeș * Dâmbovița * Giurgiu * Ialomița * Ilfov * Prahova And parts of four others: * Teleorman (the entire county with the exception of Islaz) * Vrancea (southern part) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ceptura
Ceptura is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Ceptura de Jos (the commune centre), Ceptura de Sus, Malu Roșu, Rotari, and Șoimești. The open-pit Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth from an open-air pit, sometimes known as a borrow. This form of mining ... Ceptura Coal Mine (opened in 1954) is located in Ceptura de Sus. Notable people * George Dorul Dumitrescu (1901 or 1904–1985), prose writer and columnist * Georgeta Militaru-Mașca (born 1954), rower Gallery File:Biserica Sf Apostoli.jpg, alt=Church, Church File:Heroes' Cross front.jpg, alt=Heroes’ Cross - a war memorial dedicated to the heroes of the Romanian War of Independence, of WWI and of WWII, Heroes’ Cross - a war memorial dedicated to the heroes of the Romanian War of Independence, of WWI and of WWII References C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |