Periș is a commune in the far northwestern corner of

Ilfov County Ilfov () is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of Communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs ...

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. The commune is composed of three villages: Bălteni, Buriaș and Periș. It used to include Brătulești and Cocioc villages, until these were absorbed by other villages in the commune. In

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, its name means "a place where pear trees grow".

Geography

Periș is situated on the border of the county with Dâmbovița and Prahova counties, north of the capital city,

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

. It lies on the right bank of the river Ialomița and on both sides of the river Vlăsia. The surface area of the commune is , and its altitude ranges from above sea level.

History

It was the site of the Battle of Periș, on August 24, 1546, where

Mircea the Shepherd Mircea the Shepherd ( ro, Mircea Ciobanul, d. 25 September 1559), was the Voivode (or Prince) of Wallachia three times: January 1545 (he entered Bucharest on 17 March)–16 November 1552; May 1553–28 February 1554 (leaving Buchares ...

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, launched a surprise attack on the

boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgaria, Russia, Wallachia and Moldavia, and later Romania, Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. Boyars were s ...

s opposing his rule and greatly decimated them.

Natives

Grigore Băjenaru Grigore Popescu-Băjenaru (; December 13, 1907 – February 5, 1986) was a Romanian writer. His best known novel is ''Cișmigiu et Comp.'', that presents his adventures as a student of Gheorghe Lazăr High School, situated near the Cișmigiu Garden ...

(1907–1986), writer *

Dinu Cocea Constantin "Dinu" Cocea (; 22 September 1929 – 26 December 2013) was a Romanian actor, film director and screenwriter. Biography Dinu Cocea was born in Periș, into a well-known theatrical family; his relatives included N. D. Cocea, Alice Co ...

(1929–2013), actor, film director, and screenwriter *

George Dumitrescu George Dumitrescu (April 22, 1901 – October 22, 1972) was a Romanian poet. Biography Born in Cocioc, Ilfov County, he attended high school in Ploiești, where one of his teachers was Ioan A. Bassarabescu.Marin Bucur, Mircea Anghelescu, ' ...

(1901–1972), poet

References

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