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Moara Vlăsiei is a commune in the northern part of
Ilfov County Ilfov () is the Counties of Romania, 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, whi ...
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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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. Its name means "Mill of Wallachia forest, and was called ''Căciulați'' until 1968, when its administrative center was moved from the village of Căciulați to Moara Vlăsiei (a village previously named ''Moara Săracă'' ''the Poor Mill''). It is composed of two villages, Căciulați and Moara Vlăsiei. The village is home to Moara Vlăsiei Cricket Ground, the only
cricket field A cricket field or cricket oval is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played. Although generally oval in shape, there is a wide variety within this: perfect circles, elongated ovals, rounded rectangles, or irregular shapes with ...
in Romania. Train stations in Căciulați and Moara Vlăsiei serve the CFR Line 700, which connects
Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
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Giurgiulești Giurgiulești () is a commune in the Cahul District of Moldova. It is also a border crossing point to Romania, located from Galați. Geography The locality is in the southernmost point of Moldova, at the confluence of the river Prut with th ...
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