Chiojdeanca 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 mos ...

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 R ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is composed of three villages: Chiojdeanca, Nucet, and Trenu. The commune lies on both banks of the river

Chiojdeanca Chiojdeanca is a communes of Romania, commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Chiojdeanca, Nucet, and Trenu. The commune lies on both banks of the river Chiojdeanca (river), Chiojdeanca, surrounded by the S ...

, surrounded by the Sub Carpathian hills. It is located in the eastern part of the county, on the border with Buzău County, at a distance of from the county seat,

Ploiești Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest. The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commu ...

, and from Buzău.

Natives

Andrei Rădulescu Andrei Rădulescu (28 November 1880 – 30 September 1959) was a Romanian jurist. He served as President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice from 1938 to 1940, and as president of the Romanian Academy from 1946 to 1948. Early life He was ...

(1880–1959), jurist, President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice from 1938 to 1940, President of the Romanian Academy from 1946 to 1948. *

Eugen Simion Eugen Simion (25 May 1933 – 18 October 2022) was a Romanian literary critic and historian, editor, essayist and academic. Born in Chiojdeanca, Prahova County, the son of two farmers, Simion completed his secondary education at the Saints P ...

(1933–2022), literary critic and historian.

References

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