Petrăchioaia is a commune in the east of

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 ...

. It is composed of four villages: Măineasca, Surlari, Petrăchioaia and Vânători. Its name is a feminine form of ''Petrache'', which in turn is a name of Greek origin, derived from ''Petrakis''.

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Communes in Ilfov County Localities in Muntenia {{Ilfov-geo-stub