Buftea () is a
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in
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 ...
,
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
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
, located north-west of
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 ...
. One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town.
The film studios
MediaPro Pictures and the
Buftea Palace of the
Știrbei family are located in Buftea.
Natives
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Mihai Aioani (born 1999), footballer
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Marius Bâtfoi (born 1990), footballer
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Elisa Brătianu (1870–1957), aristocrat and political figure
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Alina Eremia (born 1993), singer and TV personality
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Daniela Druncea (born 1990), rowing coxswain and artistic gymnast
* (1904–1984), engineer, member of the Romanian Academy
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Nicolae Grigore (born 1983), footballer
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Constantin Lupulescu (born 1984), chess grandmaster
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Barbu Știrbey (1872–1946), Prime Minister of Romania in 1927
References
Towns in Romania
Populated places in Ilfov County
Localities in Muntenia
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