Cislău () is a commune in

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

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 ...

, in the valley of the river

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

. It is composed of five villages: Bărăști, Buda Crăciunești, Cislău, Gura Bâscei and Scărișoara. The largest of the villages is Cislău with 2,305 people registered in 2009. The corresponding numbers for the other four villages in 2009 were: ::Bărăști: 541 people ::Buda Crăciunești: 920 people ::Gura Bâscei: 389 people ::Scărișoara: 877 people. The commune is positioned on the

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

at the point where it is joined by the Chiojdului River. In terms of the road network, it is on the National Highway CN10 between

(approximately 52 km / 32 miles away) and Braşov (approximately 110 km / 68 miles away). In one of the commune's villages, Gura Bâscei, Local Road CJ102B leads off the main road linking to the Zeletin Valley and

Vălenii de Munte Vălenii de Munte () is a town in Prahova County, southern Romania (the historical region of Muntenia), with a population of 12,044 as of 2021. It lies In the Teleajen river valley, north of the county seat of Ploiești. The town's sister cities ...

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