Fieni is a town in

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (; also spelt Dîmbovița) is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It is a traditional administra ...

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 ...

, on the

Ialomița River Ialomița may refer to: * Ialomița County, Romania * Ialomița (river) The Ialomița ( ) is a river of Southern Romania. It rises from the Bucegi Mountains in the Carpathians. It discharges into the Borcea branch of the Danube in Giurgeni.

, having a population of 6,378 as of 2021. It administers two villages, Berevoești and Costești. The town is situated in a hilly area south of the

Bucegi Mountains The Bucegi Mountains ( ) are located in central Romania, south of the city of Brașov. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains. At , ''Omu Peak, Omu'' is its highest point. To the east, the Bucegi Mountains ha ...

, on the banks of the

. It is located north of the county seat,

Târgoviște Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște'') is a Municipiu, city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița (river), Ialomița River. Târgoviște was ...

, and is crossed by

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...

, which starts close to

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 ...

, runs through Târgoviște, and ends in

Sinaia Sinaia () is a town and a mountain resort in Prahova County, Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. The town was named after the Sinaia Monastery of 1695, around which it was built. The monastery, in turn, is named after ...

, north of Fieni. The St. Nicholas Church of Fieni, built in 1804, is a historical monument. A cement factory in Fieni was bought in 2002 by the German company

HeidelbergCement Heidelberg Materials is a German multinational building materials company headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. Formerly known as HeidelbergCement AG, the company has rebranded as Heidelberg Materials in September 2022. It is a DAX corporation ...

. The local football team, Cimentul Fieni, was founded in 1936 and played in

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

, before being dissolved in 2005. The home ground of the team was Stadionul Cimentul.

Natives

Aryeh Finkel Aryeh Finkel (; 1931–2016) was a Haredi Judaism, Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Mir Brachfeld branch of the Mir Yeshiva (Jerusalem), Mir Yeshiva. Before assuming his post at the new yeshiva branch in 2005, he served as the ''Mashgiach Ruch ...

(1931–2016), rabbi * Olga Homeghi (born 1958), rower *

Gheorghe Leahu Gheorghe Aurelian Leahu (born 30 September 1968) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. Club career Leahu, nicknamed ''Cuchi'' was born on 30 September 1968 in Fieni, Romania, starting to play junior level fo ...

(born 1968), footballer

References

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