Olari is a commune in

Prahova County Prahova County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, 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/k ...

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. It is composed of three villages: Fânari, Olari, and Olarii Vechi. Until 2004, these belonged to

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Commune, when they were split off to form a separate commune. At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,146 inhabitants, of which 98.42% identified as ethnic Romanians;Romanian census data, 2011
retrieved on March 1, 2015 97.8% were

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, 1.6%

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, and 0.4% Christian Evangelical.Romanian census data, 2011
retrieved on March 14, 2015 At the 2021 census, Olari had a population of 1,769, of which 91.29% were Romanians.

Natives

* Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu (1928–2008), politician

References

Communes in Prahova County Localities in Muntenia {{Prahova-geo-stub