Pătârlagele (also spelled ''Pătîrlagele''; ) is a town in

Buzău County Buzău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Buzău. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 432,054 and the population density was 70.7/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roman ...

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. In 2011 it had a population of 7,304.

Geography

Pătârlagele is located in the western part of the county, along the national road DN10 connecting

Buzău The city of Buzău (formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu''; ) is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Muntenia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...

and

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. It lies in the Pătârlagele hollow, between the Carpathian Mountains and the Subcarpathian Hills. The town administers fourteen villages: Calea Chiojdului, Crâng, Fundăturile, Gornet, Lunca, Mănăstirea, Mărunțișu, Mușcel, Poienile, Sibiciu de Sus, Stroești, Valea Lupului, Valea Sibiciului and Valea Viei.

Neighbours

* The Colți and

Bozioru Bozioru is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to ...

communes, to the north * The Pănătău and

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communes, to the east * The Cislău commune, to the south * The Cătina,

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, and Chiojdu communes, to the west

History

The first evidence of the existence of the Pătârlagele commune dates back from 1524–1527, but it probably existed before the establishment of the medieval state of

Wallachia Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and s ...

. The name ''Pătârlagele'' comes from the

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form of the name ''Peter'' (in

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, ''Petre'' or ''Petru''), and the German word ''lager'', meaning ''camp''. The German origin of the name can only be explained by the presence of the

Teutonic knights The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...

on the other side of the Carpathians, in Burzenland, during the years 1211–1225 and their conquest of the Buzău Mountains, where they raised fortifications against the

Cumans The Cumans (or Kumans), also known as Polovtsians or Polovtsy (plural only, from the Russian exonym ), were a Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many so ...

. Pătârlagele Commune received town rights in 2004.http://www.cdep.ro/proiecte/2004/000/80/8/doc088.pdf

Natives

Coca Andronescu Coca Andronescu (3 July 1932 – 5 August 1998) was a Romanian stage, television and film actress. In 1967, she was awarded the , 4th class.Decretul nr. 1017 din 6 noiembrie 1967 al Consiliului de Stat al Republicii Socialiste România privind co ...

References

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