Campina

Sister cities

• Cimișlia

History

Formerly a customs point on the trade route between Transylvania and Wallachia, the town developed at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century as an oil extraction and processing center. Between 1897 and 1898, Câmpina was the site of the largest oil refinery in Europe.

Geography

The city is located in the western part of Prahova County, northwest of the county seat, Ploiești. It is situated in a hilly region, at the southern end of the Prahova Valley, on the banks of the river Prahova, in between the rivers Câmpea and Doftana. Câmpina is crossed by national road DN1, which links Bucharest, to the south, with the northwestern part of the country. The Câmpina railway station (opened in 1879) serves the CFR Main Line 300, which runs parallel to DN1, on the right bank of the Prahova.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  67
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  65
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  63
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  58
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  56
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  54
• Dryad

  Minois dryas (Scopoli, 1763) · Insecta
  50
• Rose Chafer

  Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  46

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2026-08-25
  13 km SSE of Comandău, Romania
• M 4.6 — 2026-08-11
  9 km ESE of Vama Buzăului, Romania
• M 4.2 — 2025-10-25
  12 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2025-05-16
  13 km NNW of Gura Teghii, Romania
• M 4.2 — 2025-05-11
  11 km N of Gura Teghii, Romania
• M 4.3 — 2025-02-13
  8 km N of Cașoca, Romania