Măneciu is a commune in

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 ...

. It is composed of nine villages:

Cheia Cheia is a mountain resort, north of Ploiești in Prahova County, Romania. Situated in the Teleajen Valley, it is surrounded by the Ciucaș Mountains The Ciucaș Mountains ( ro, Munții Ciucaș, hu, Csukás-hegység) is a mountain range in R ...

, Chiciureni, Costeni, Făcăieni, Gheaba, Măneciu-Pământeni, Măneciu-Ungureni (the commune centre), Mânăstirea Suzana, and Plăiețu. Cheia village is a mountain resort, surrounded by the

Ciucaș Mountains The Ciucaș Mountains ( ro, Munții Ciucaș, hu, Csukás-hegység) is a mountain range in Romania. It is located in the northern part of Prahova County and straddles the border with Brașov County. The highest peak is ''Vârful Ciucaș'' ( Ciuc ...

Cheia Monastery Cheia Monastery ( ro, Mănăstirea Cheia) — a Romanian Orthodox complex located on the right bank of Tâmpa Creek, southeast of Cheia village (itself part of Măneciu commune), in Prahova County, Wallachia region, southeastern Romania. The m ...

is located to the southeast of the village.

Natives

* Robert Negoiță

References

Hidrocentrala și lacul de evacuare de la Măneciu

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