Valea Doftanei (
Romanian
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for "Valley of the
Doftana") 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 ...
,
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 ...
,
Romania
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. It is composed of two villages: Teșila (the commune centre) and Trăisteni.
The commune is located in the northern part of Prahova County, between the
Prahova and
Teleajen
The Teleajen is a left tributary of the river Prahova in southern Romania. Its source is at elevation in the Ciucaș Mountains, north of Roșu Peak and the locality of Cheia. Upstream from its confluence with the Gropșoarele in Cheia, it is a ...
rivers, on the border with
Brașov County
Brașov County () is a county (județ) of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungari ...
. It has an area of . Its population primarily inhabits the central and southern areas, with the north being taken up by mountainous terrain. The river
Doftana flows through the commune for some from north to south before ending in the and reservoir.
Natives
*
Ioan Apostol
Ioan Apostol (born 14 January 1959) is a Romanian luger who competed in four Winter Olympics. He was born in Valea Doftanei, Prahova County.
He earned his best finish of fourth in the men's doubles event at Albertville in 1992. Since 2002, Aposto ...
(born 1959), luger
*
Gheorghe Vasile (born 1967), biathlete
References
Communes in Prahova County
Localities in Muntenia
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