Vălenii de Munte, Prahova County, Romania
🇷🇴 Vălenii de Munte is a town in Prahova County, southern Romania (the historical region of Muntenia). It lies In the Teleajen river valley, 28 km (17 mi) north of the county seat of Ploiești.
History The first recorded reference about the settlement dates back to 1431. In 1645 Vălenii de Munte (or Văleni for short) became the official residence of the then Săcueni County. Documents from 1832 note Valeni as having 518 households and 2,590 citizens. At the end of the 19th century, Vălenii de Munte was an urban commune, formed from the Văleni (Târgul-Văleni), Turburea, and Valea Gardului villages, having a total of 3,000 residents, who benefited from having a local hospital, pharmacy, post office, and telegraph station. In 1907 the historian Nicolae Iorga settled in Văleni, opening in January 1908 the People's Summer University. In 1952 Vălenii de Munte became the residence of Teleajen Raion within the Poiești Region. The status was lost in the 1968 Administrative Reform, when Văleni became one of the towns of the newly established Prahova County.
Culture: Museums • Nicolae Iorga memorial house • Teleajen Valley ethnographic museum • Plum tree growing natural science museum • Queen Mary religious arts museum and national missionary school.
Europe/Bucharest/Prahova
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Vălenii de Munte has a population of over 12,044 people. Vălenii de Munte also forms part of the wider Prahova County which has a population of over 762,886 people. Vălenii de Munte is situated 28 km north of Ploieşti.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Vălenii de Munte has links with:
🇲🇩 Cimișlia, Moldova 🇫🇷 Eaubonne, France 🇦🇱 Sarandë, Albania🇷🇴 Sector 3 (Bucharest) 26.1
🇿🇦 Bloemfontein 26.223
🇧🇾 Baranovichi 26.017
🇧🇾 Baranavichy 26.017
🇺🇦 Chernivtsi 25.933
🇬🇷 Alexandroupoli 25.883
🇬🇷 Alexandroupolis 25.867
🇿🇲 Livingstone 25.856
Locations Near: Vălenii de Munte 26.0333,45.1833
🇷🇴 Ploieşti 26.013,44.947 d: 26.4
🇷🇴 Busteni 25.54,45.39 d: 44.9
🇷🇴 Târgoviște 25.459,44.938 d: 52.7
🇷🇴 Covasna 26.169,45.845 d: 74.3
🇷🇴 Sfântu Gheorghe 25.789,45.866 d: 78.3
🇷🇴 Sector 1 26.103,44.435 d: 83.4
🇷🇴 Sector 3 (Bucharest) 26.1,44.433 d: 83.6
Antipodal to: Vălenii de Munte -153.967,-45.183
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16913.9
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16711.1
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16235.2
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16146.8
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12796.7
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12682.7
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12665.6
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12663.6