Provița de Jos
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Commune in Prahova, Romania
Provița de Jos | |
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Coat of arms of Provița de Jos Coat of arms | |
| Location in Prahova County Location in Prahova County | |
Provița de Jos is located in Romania Provița de Jos Provița de Jos Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 45°7′N 25°39′E / 45.117°N 25.650°E / 45.117; 25.650 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Prahova |
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| • Mayor (2020–2024) | Ionuț Bocioacă[1] (PSD) |
Area | 25.33 km2 (9.78 sq mi) |
| Population (2021年12月01日)[2] | 2,131 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Postal code | 107475 |
| Vehicle reg. | PH |
| Website | comunaprovitadejos |
Provița de Jos is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Drăgăneasa, Piatra, and Provița de Jos.
The commune lies along the Provița River, to the west of the county, on the border with Dâmbovița County. It is traversed by the DJ101E road, which connects it to the east with Câmpina and to the north with Provița de Sus and Adunați.
Natives
[edit ]The commune is the birthplace of Dumitru Comănescu, who was briefly the world's oldest verified living man in the world before his death in June 2020, aged 111.[3] [4] It is also the birthplace of Aurora Cornu (1931–2021).
References
[edit ]- ^ "Results of the 2020 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
- ^ "Un român a devenit cel mai în vârstă bărbat din lume. „Sper să mă depășiți!"". Digi24 (in Romanian). 29 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ Mărgădean, Vasile (2020年06月27日). "FOTO: A murit Dumitru Comănescu, românul care a fost pentru scurt timp cel mai vârstnic bărbat din lume. Avea 111 ani" [Dumitru Comănescu, the Romanian who was for a short time the oldest man in the world, died at the age of 111.]. Mediafax.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020年07月08日.
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