Fulga is a commune in

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, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Fulga de Jos and Fulga de Sus; the former is the administrative centre. The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, more specifically, in the , north of what were once the Codrii Vlăsiei, and northwest of the

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. It is located in the southeastern corner of Prahova County, on the border with Buzău County, at a distance of from the town of Mizil and from the county seat, Ploiești. The country's capital, Bucharest, is to the southwest. The river

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flows through the commune, forming a lake that separates the two component villages. Wels catfish grow in the lake; they can attain in length and can weigh up to . The Bălana discharges into the Ghighiu at the eastern edge of Fulga. The commune is crossed by county road DJ100C, which lead north to Baba Ana and Mizil (where it ends in national road

DN1B DN1B ( ro, Drumul Național 1B) is a national road in Romania which runs from Ploiești to Buzău via Mizil. The DN1B has recently been upgraded. On its first segment, from Ploiești to Valea Călugărească it runs through one of Romania's most ...

) and south to

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. Road DJ100B bifurcates from DJ100C in Fulga de Jos, leading west to Drăgănești, where it meets . At the 2011 census, 93.74% of inhabitants were Romanians and 3.62%

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. Writer (1916–1984) was born Laurențiu Ionescu in Fulga de Jos. He took his pen name after the commune; the local school now bears his name. Lawyer and politician

Ana Birchall Ana Birchall (née Ana Călin; born. August 30, 1973) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. Since 2012, Birchall has served Chamber of Deputies for Vaslui County representing the Social Democratic Party. In the Victor Ponta and Sorin Grindeanu Ca ...

was born in 1973 in nearby Mizil, but grew up in Fulga de Jos, where she attended the local school.

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Fulga Fulga is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Fulga de Jos and Fulga de Sus; the former is the administrative centre. The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, more specifically, in the , north o ...

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