Moreni () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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 ...

, with a population of 15,472 as of 2021. The city is in the eastern part of the county, on the border with

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 ...

. It is located east 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 about 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 ...

History

In 1861, Moreni became the first place in Romania (and third in the world) where

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturate ...

was extracted.ANRM - prezentare generală a resurselor petroliere
/ref> Recently, an

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was built by the local authorities to encourage investment in the area.

Natives

Gheorghe Barbu Gheorghe Barbu (born November 3, 1951) is a Romanian politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), he represented Hunedoara County in the Chamber of Deputies from 2000 to 2008, and served as Labor Minister in the Călin Popescu-Tă ...

(1968–2021), footballer *

Alberto Călin Alberto Gheorghe Călin (born 8 July 2005) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Liga II club Voluntari. Club career Universitatea Craiova While a junior at Flacăra Moreni in 2017, Călin traveled to Sp ...

(born 2005), footballer *

Constantin Herold Constantin Herold (4 February 1912 – 28 August 1984) was a Romanian multi-sport athlete that practiced through his career 14 sports. He was mostly known for his activity in basketball, where he was a player and coach. On 17 June 2005, he recei ...

(1912–1984), multi-sport athlete, basketball player and coach *

Andrei Ivan Andrei Virgil Ivan (; born 4 January 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Panserraikos. Ivan started out as a senior at Universitatea Craiova in 2014, and three and a half years later ea ...

(born 1997), footballer * Ralph S. Locher (1915–2004), American politician, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio * George Mihăiță (born 1948), actor and director *

Ștefan Niculescu Ștefan Niculescu (July 31, 1927 – January 22, 2008) was a Romanian composer. Niculescu was born in Moreni, Dâmbovița County. He was credited with introducing his own brand of heterophony, a technique based on superimposing melodic materia ...

(1927–2008), composer *

Costel Pană Constantin "Costel" Pană (born 15 July 1967) is a Romanian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player, currently in charge of Liga II club AFC Chindia Târgoviște, Chindia Târgoviște. In ...

(born 1967), football manager and former player *

Marian Pană Marian Pană (born 24 December 1968, in Moreni) is a football manager and former professional footballer. He previously managed teams like Cetatea Suceava, FC Știința Bacău, Știința Bacău, ACF Gloria Bistrița, Gloria Bistrița, FC Universi ...

(born 1968), football manager and former player *

Gabriel Paraschiv Gabriel Ioan Paraschiv (born 27 March 1978) is a Romanian former football player, currently the manager of Liga III side Flacăra Moreni. He played his 100th match for Oțelul Galați against former Romanian champions CFR Cluj. Statistics ...

(born 1978), football manager and former player * (born 1942), actor * Ionuț Zaharia (born 2003), footballer

Sports

The town is home to the

Flacăra Moreni ''Flacăra'' (Romanian for "The Flame") is a weekly literary magazine published in Bucharest, Romania. History and profile ''Flacăra'' was started in 1911. The first issue was published on 22 October 1911. The founder was Constantin Banu and t ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club, which was founded by English and Dutch engineers from the local oil rig as ''Astra-Română Moreni'' in 1922. The home ground of the football team is the Flacăra Stadium, which holds 10,000 people.

References

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