Buftea () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an o ...

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 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 ...

, located north-west of

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north o ...

. One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town. The film studios MediaPro Pictures and the

Buftea Palace Buftea () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, located north-west of Bucharest. One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town. The film studios MediaPro Pictures and the Buftea Palace of the Știrbei family are located in Buft ...

of the Știrbei family are located in Buftea. It is the hometown of Olympic bronze medalist and two-time European Champion rower

Daniela Druncea Daniela Druncea (born 2 November 1990) is a Romanian rowing coxswain and retired artistic gymnast. As a gymnast, she is a world bronze medalist with the team and was an alternate to the 2008 Romanian Olympic team. As a rower, she won a bronze me ...

Natives

Mihai Aioani Mihai Marian Aioani (born 7 November 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Farul Constanța. Club career Aioani started his senior career with Chindia Târgoviște in the second division, and ...

Marius Bâtfoi Marius Bâtfoi (born 29 May 1990 in Buftea, Romania) is a Romanian football player who plays as a striker. Career While playing for Steaua II București, Marius was loaned out to Unirea Urziceni. He made his Liga I The Liga I (; ''First L ...

Elisa Brătianu Elisa Brătianu (2 May 1870 – 13 May 1957) was a Romanian aristocrat, political figure and participant in the Inter-Allied Women's Conference of 1919. She was born into the Stirbey royal family, the daughter of Prince Alexandru B. Știrbei a ...

Alina Eremia Alina Eremia (; born 15 December 1993 in Buftea) is a Romanian singer, TV personality, and former member of the LaLa band, who represented Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song ''Țurai''. She plays ''Ioana'' in the t ...

Nicolae Grigore Nicolae Adrian Grigore (born 19 July 1983) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for clubs such as: Rapid București, FC Brașov, Al-Ettifaq or Dinamo București, among others. He is currently the manager of Me ...

Constantin Lupulescu Constantin Lupulescu (born 25 March 1984) is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a five-time Romanian Chess Champion. He has competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2019, 2021. Chess career Lupulescu won the Romanian Chess ...

Barbu Știrbey Prince Barbu Alexandru Știrbey (; 4 November 1872 – 24 March 1946) was 30th Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Romania in 1927. He was the son of Prince Alexandru Știrbey and his wife Princess Maria Ghika-Comănești, and grandson of another ...

References

Towns in Romania Populated places in Ilfov County Localities in Muntenia {{Ilfov-geo-stub