Chiojdu

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Chiojdu

Total population

1,128

Coordinates45.35°, 26.22°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Chiojdu is a commune in the northwestern hill and mountainside region of Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania. Made up of six villages on the bank of the river Bâsca Chiojdului, a small tributary of the Buzău, it is the center of a region known for the good preservation of old traditions and folk art, especially the particular architectural style of the houses.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Constantin Giurescu

Romanian historian

Marcel Bejgu

Romanian painter

C

Cornelia Catangă

Romanian singer

L

Liliana Sbîrnea

Romanian politician

P

Paul Dobrescu

Romanian academic (born 1946)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Buzău

• Chirlești
  5.4 mi away · pop. 341
• Mlăjet
  6 mi away · pop. 881
• Drăgănoiu
  6.6 mi away
• Valea Viei
  7 mi away · pop. 514
• Stănila
  7.8 mi away · pop. 153
• Bâsca Rozilei
  9.3 mi away · pop. 1,352
• Măguricea
  10.2 mi away · pop. 177
• Muscelu Cărămănești
  10.8 mi away · pop. 223
• Ulmet
  12.5 mi away · pop. 95
• Teișu
  13.5 mi away · pop. 146
• Tronari
  14.1 mi away · pop. 982
• Pălici
  14.2 mi away · pop. 537

Browse all places in Buzău →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Green Toad

Bufotes viridis

Seen 2026-08-09

Oak Eggar

Lasiocampa quercus

Seen 2026-08-06

scarlet pimpernel

Lysimachia arvensis

Seen 2026-07-12

common mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

Seen 2026-07-12

Black horehound

Ballota nigra

Seen 2026-07-12

common toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Seen 2026-07-11

Common St. John's Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Seen 2026-07-11

bladder campion

Silene vulgaris

Seen 2026-07-11

five-bladed motherwort

Leonurus quinquelobatus

Seen 2026-07-11

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).