Comarnic () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares ...

Prahova County Prahova County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the 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/km². It is Romania's third most ...

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 seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in ...

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 the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

, with a population of 13,500. Four villages are administered by the town: Ghioșești, Podu Lung, Poiana and Posada. The town is situated along the

Prahova River The Prahova is a river of Southern Romania, which rises from the Bucegi Mountains, in the Southern Carpathians. It is a left tributary of the Ialomița. It flows into the Ialomița in Dridu Snagov.humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...

(''Cfb'' in the

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Etymology

Its name origin is the Romanian word "comarnic" for a kind of a shepherd's hut, of Slavic origin: ''komar''=

mosquito Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning "gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "lit ...

-nik The English suffix -nik is of Slavic origin. It approximately corresponds to the suffix "-er" and nearly always denotes an agent noun (that is, it describes a person related to the thing, state, habit, or action described by the word to which th ...

, literally, "retreat from mosquitoes". It is used for milking sheep and storing milk and other dairy products.Suitul oilor la munte, măsura laptelui

Natives

Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa (born 15 December 1971) is a Romanian luger. She competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長� ...

(born 1971), luger *

Constantin Dragomir Constantin Dragomir (born 14 May 1927) was a Romanian bobsledder. He competed in the two-man and the four-man events at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi ...

(born 1927), bobsledder *

Georgeta Năpăruș Georgeta Năpăruș (23 October 1930 – 9 July 1997) was a Romanian modernist painter. Early life and education Born in 1930 to Angela Năpăruș (née Pǎdurice) and Vasile Năpăruș (b. 1901) in Comarnic, a small town on the main thorou ...

(1930–1997), painter *

Ion Panțuru Ion Panţuru (11 September 1934 – 17 January 2016) was a Romanian bobsledder. He competed in two-man and four-man events at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and served as the Olympic flag bearer for Romania in 1964 and 1972.

(1934–2016), bobsledder *

David Popescu David Popescu (25 May 1886 – 11 April 1955) was a Romanian general during World War II and Interior Minister in 1940. Biography He was born in 1886 in Comarnic, Prahova County, Kingdom of Romania, the son of Iulian (a priest) and Maria. He at ...

(1886–1955), general in World War II and Interior Minister File:This is Comarnic City - Orasul Comarnic.jpg, Summer in Comarnic, from the DN1 street bridge File:Railway to Posada.jpg, Railway line in Comarnic, towards Posada File:Comarnic Town Posada Castle.jpg, Bibescu Castle, Posada

References

Towns in Romania Populated places in Prahova County Localities in Muntenia {{Prahova-geo-stub