Fulga is a commune in

Prahova County Prahova County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 762,886 and the population density was 161/km². It is Romania's third mos ...

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. 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 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 ...

, 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 Mizil () is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. Located in the southeastern part of the county, it lies along the road between the cities of Ploiești and Buzău, and to the northeast of the national capital, Bucharest. Its position led i ...

and from the county seat,

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commu ...

. The country's capital,

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, is to the southwest. The river Bălana 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

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DJ100C, which lead north to

Baba Ana Baba Ana is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Baba Ana, Cireșanu, Conduratu, Crângurile, and Satu Nou. The commune lies in the Wallachian Plain, on the banks of the river Ghighiu. It is located i ...

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 Sălciile. 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

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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 Localities in Muntenia {{Prahova-geo-stub