Vișina is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (also spelt ''Dîmbovița'', ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It has an area of ...

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 ...

with a population of 4,103 people. It is composed of three villages: Broșteni, Izvoru, and Vișina. The commune is located in the southwestern extremity of the county, in the subdivision of the

Wallachian Plain The Romanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Română) is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain ( sr, Vlaška nizija/Влашка низија). Part of the historical region of Wallachia, it ...

. It lies on the banks of the river Izvor, at a distance of from the county seat,

Târgoviște Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River. Târgoviște was one of the ...

, on the DJ611

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. The nearest towns are

Găești Găești () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 12,767. History The name of the town comes from a family of nobles (boyars) who owned most of the lands on which the town is now situated. Their name was Găe ...

at and

Titu Titu () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,658 . Location The town in located in the southern part of the county, in the center of the Wallachian Plain. It lies at a distance of from the county seat, T ...

at . Vișina borders the following communes: Petrești to the north, Șelaru to the south,

Uliești Uliești is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 4,455 people. It is composed of eight villages: Croitori, Hanu lui Pală, Jugureni, Mănăstioara, Olteni, Ragu, Stavropolia and Uliești. The commune lies among ...

and

Corbii Mari Corbii Mari is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, 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 ...

to the east, and Răscăeți and Morteni to the west. Răscăeți commune split off Vișina after a referendum in 2005.

References

Biserica de lemn Nasterea Maicii Domnului din satul Visina comuna Visina judetul Dambovita Romania 2

Communes in Dâmbovița County Localities in Muntenia {{Dâmboviţa-geo-stub