Bușteni () is a small mountain town in the north of
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 mos ...
,
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 R ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
. It is located in the
Prahova Valley
Prahova Valley (Romanian: ''Valea Prahovei'') is the valley where the Prahova river makes its way between the Bucegi and the Baiu Mountains, in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. It is a tourist region, situated about north of the capital cit ...
, at the bottom of the
Bucegi Mountains
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , '' Omu'' is its highest point.
To the east, the ...
, that have a maximum altitude of . Its name literally means
tree-logs in
Romanian
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
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. One village, Poiana Țapului, is administratively part of the town, formerly a separate commune prior to 1950. According to the 2011 census, it has 8,894 inhabitants.
Bușteni's average altitude is . It is one of the most popular mountain resorts in Romania, with year-round tourism opportunities, including skiing and mountain climbing.
The town and the surrounding mountains were the site of military confrontations in 1916, during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
(''see
Romania during World War I
The Kingdom of Romania was neutral for the first two years of World War I, entering on the side of the Allied powers from 27 August 1916 until Central Power occupation led to the Treaty of Bucharest in May 1918, before reentering the war on 10 ...
''). A large commemorative monument (about high),
Heroes' Cross (''Crucea Eroilor'') lies atop nearby
Caraiman Peak
The Caraiman Peak is a mountain peak located in Romania, in the Bucegi Mountains of the Southern Carpathians. It has a height of 2,384 m. The nearest town is Buşteni.
The Heroes' Monument
Close to Caraiman peak lies the Heroes' Cross, a ...
, at nearly . The monument is lighted at night and is visible from virtually everywhere in Bușteni.
The main local industries are wood industry and tourism. Many
holiday house
A holiday cottage, holiday home, vacation home, or vacation property is accommodation used for holiday vacations, corporate travel, and temporary housing often for less than 30 days. Such properties are typically small homes, such as cottage ...
s have been built in the town since the 2000s.
Also a new Information Tourism Center was set up near the City Hall.
People
Natives
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Ovidiu Bali
Ovidiu Bali (born 14 February 1975) is a Romanian boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight, men's heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
References
1975 births
Living people
Romanian ...
*
Ion Cașa
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Marian Chițescu
*
Dan Cristea
Dan Cristea (born 2 February 1949) is a Romanian alpine skier. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, frenc ...
*
Victor Fontana
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Vasile Ionescu
*
Alina Vera Savin
Alina Vera Savin (born 1 March 1988 in Bușteni) is a Romanian bobsledder who has competed since 2007. She finished 15th in the two-woman event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, loca ...
*
Robert Taleanu
Robert Taleanu (born 9 July 1979) is a Romanian luger. He competed in the Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Doubles, men's doubles event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Romanian m ...
Honorary citizens
*
Ana Maria Brânză
Ana Maria Popescu, formerly known as Ana Maria Brânză (, born 26 November 1984), is a Romanian left-handed épée fencer.
Popescu is a four-time team European champion, 2013 individual European champion, and two-time team world champion.
A f ...
: fencer
*
Alina Dumitru
Alina Dumitru (; born 30 August 1982) is a Romanian judoka, one-time Olympic champion and eight-time European champion. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she defeated Japanese double gold medallist Ryoko Tani, who until then had been undefeated in ma ...
: judoka
*
Simona Halep
Simona Halep (; born 27 September 1991) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, which ranks eleventh in the history of the Women's Tennis Assoc ...
: tennis player
*
Adrian Mutu
Adrian Mutu (; born 8 January 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is in charge of Liga I club Rapid București. During his playing career, he was deployed as a forward or an attacking midfielder.
Mutu star ...
: footballer
International relations
Bușteni is
twinned with:
*
Moissy-Cramayel
Moissy-Cramayel () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.[France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...]
, since 1993
*
Djerba-Midoun,
Tunisia
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, capital = Tunis
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, since 2000
Climate
Bușteni has a warm-summer
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
(''Dfb'' 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 climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
).
Image gallery
File:Busteni and Bucegi Mountain.jpg, Bușteni and Bucegi Mountain
File:Busteni city hall.jpg, City Hall
File:Bușteni (9369342133).jpg, Romanian-French House
File:Crucea comemorativă a Eroilor români din primul război mondial.jpg, Caraiman Cross
File:Castelul Cantacuzino 01.jpg, Cantacuzino Castle
The Cantacuzino Castle is situated in Bușteni, Romania, in the Zamora district, on the street bearing the same name. The building has a great architectural, historical, documentary and artistic value.
History
The building, whose construction ...
File:Caraiman Cross on Bucegi mountain top.jpg, Heroes' Cross and Bușteni
References
External links
Pictures and landscapes from the Carpathian MountainsAlpinet, Website about Carpathian Mountains*
ttp://www.centru-de-informare-turistica-busteni.page.tl Bușteni Tourist Office
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Towns in Romania
Prahova Valley
Ski areas and resorts in Romania
Populated places in Prahova County
Localities in Muntenia