Pătârlagele (also spelled ''Pătîrlagele''; ) is a town in

Buzău County Buzău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzău. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 432,054 and the population density was 70.7/km ...

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 rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

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. At the 2021 census it had a population of 6,276.

Geography

Pătârlagele is located in the western part of the county, along the

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DN10 DN10 () is a national road in Romania that runs from Buzău to Brașov, crossing the Carpathian Mountains through the Buzău Pass. The road follows the Buzău River valley and is an important connection between Transylvania and the cities of s ...

connecting

Buzău Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...

and

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

. It lies in the Pătârlagele hollow, between the

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and the Subcarpathian Hills. The town administers fourteen villages: Calea Chiojdului, Crâng, Fundăturile, Gornet, Lunca, Mănăstirea, Mărunțișu, Mușcel, Poienile, Sibiciu de Sus, Stroești, Valea Lupului, Valea Sibiciului, and Valea Viei.

Neighbours

* The

Colți Colți () is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, located in the Pătârlagele hollow, at the curvature of the Carpathian Mountains, 13 km away from the town of Pătârlagele. It is composed of four villages: Aluniș, Colți, Colț ...

and Bozioru communes, to the north * The Pănătău and Cozieni communes, to the east * The Cislău commune, to the south * The Cătina, Calvini, and Chiojdu communes, to the west

History

The first evidence of the existence of the Pătârlagele commune dates back from 1524–1527, but it probably existed before the establishment of the medieval state of

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ; : , : ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Munteni ...

. The name ''Pătârlagele'' comes from the

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form of the name ''Peter'' (in

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, ''Petre'' or ''Petru''), and the German word ''lager'', meaning ''camp''. The German origin of the name can only be explained by the presence of the

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on the other side of the Carpathians, in Burzenland, during the years 1211–1225 and their conquest of the

Buzău Mountains The Buzău Mountains are a set of six mountains ranges in Romania which are part of the Curvature Carpathians region of the Outer Eastern Carpathians. These six mountain ranges are as follows: * * * * * *. The Penteleu and Ivănețu Massifs are ...

, where they raised fortifications against the

Cumans The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic people, Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cumania, Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Ru ...

. Pătârlagele Commune received town rights in 2004.

Notable people

* Coca Andronescu (1932–1998), stage, television, and film actress

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patarlagele Populated places in Buzău County Localities in Muntenia Towns in Romania