Pucioasa () 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 ...

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. It administers six villages: Bela, Diaconești, Glodeni, Malurile, Miculești, and Pucioasa-Sat. The town is located on the middle course of 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.

, north of

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 ...

, in the central, hilly area of the county, from its southern limit and from its northern limit.

History

The name of the town dates from 20 September 1649, when it was mentioned in a document as "Piatra Pucioasă" (meaning Brimstone, referring to the

sulphur Sulfur (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphur (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth spelling) is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundance of the chemical ...

resources nearby).

Natives

Alexandru Bădoiu Alexandru Nicolae Bădoiu (born 17 August 1981, in Pucioasa) is a retired Romanian football player. Bădoiu started his career at FCM Reşiţa before moving to Jiul Petroşani, where he won promotion to the first league. He was transferred by ...

(born 1981), footballer *

Cristian Bălașa Cristian Bălașa (born 27 December 1972) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player, currently team manager at Liga II club Chindia Târgoviște. Club career Bălașa made his Divizia A debut on 31 July 1996, for ...

(born 1972), footballer *

Romulus Ciobanu Romulus Ciobanu (born 18 June 1977 in Pucioasa, Dâmbovița County) is a Romanian former football (soccer), football player. He played as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder. He is currently a coach. Club career Romulus Ciobanu bega ...

(born 1977), footballer * Grigoraș Diaconescu (born 1982), rugby union football player * (born 1943), mathematician, titular member of the Romanian Academy * Dumitru Popescu (1942–1997), footballer * Florentin Rădulescu (born 1976), footballer

References

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