Buftea () is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in
Ilfov County
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 ...
,
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 ...
, located north-west of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
. One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town.
The film studios
MediaPro Pictures
MediaPro Pictures is the largest film and TV production company in Romania, part of MediaPro Entertainment along with other production units from Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Bulgaria. Since 2009, MediaPro Entertainment is part ...
and the
Buftea Palace
Buftea () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, located north-west of Bucharest. One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town.
The film studios MediaPro Pictures and the Buftea Palace of the Știrbei family are located in Buft ...
of the
Știrbei family are located in Buftea.
It is the hometown of Olympic bronze medalist and two-time European Champion rower
Daniela Druncea.
Natives
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Mihai Aioani
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Marius Bâtfoi
Marius Bâtfoi (born 29 May 1990 in Buftea, Romania) is a Romanian football player who plays as a striker.
Career
While playing for Steaua II București, Marius was loaned out to Unirea Urziceni. He made his Liga I
The Liga I (; ''First L ...
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Elisa Brătianu
Elisa Brătianu (2 May 1870 – 13 May 1957) was a Romanian aristocrat, political figure and participant in the Inter-Allied Women's Conference of 1919. She was born into the Stirbey royal family, the daughter of Prince Alexandru B. Știrbei a ...
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Alina Eremia
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Daniela Druncea
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Nicolae Grigore
Nicolae Adrian Grigore (born 19 July 1983) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for clubs such as: Rapid București, FC Brașov, Al-Ettifaq or Dinamo București, among others. He is currently the manager of Me ...
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Constantin Lupulescu
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Barbu Știrbey
Prince Barbu Alexandru Știrbey (; 4 November 1872 – 24 March 1946) was 30th Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Romania in 1927. He was the son of Prince Alexandru Știrbey and his wife Princess Maria Ghika-Comănești, and grandson of another ...
References
Towns in Romania
Populated places in Ilfov County
Localities in Muntenia
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