Urlați

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Urlați

Total population

8,397

Founded

1515

Air quality index

47Good

Elevation142 m

Land area43.67 km²

Coordinates44.99°, 26.23°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Urlați is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. In 2021, it had a population of 10,131. Sixteen villages are administered by the town: Arioneștii Noi, Arioneștii Vechi, Cherba, Jercălăi, Mărunțiș, Orzoaia de Jos, Orzoaia de Sus, Schiau, Ulmi, Valea Bobului, Valea Crângului, Valea Mieilor, Valea Nucetului, Valea Pietrei, Valea Seman and Valea Urloii.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

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

O

Octavian Grigore

Romanian footballer

Constantin Vișoianu

Romanian politician

Ș

Ștefan Pelmuș

Romanian artist

Constantin Degeratu

C

Constanța Vintilă-Ghițulescu

Romanian historian

T

Tănase Joița

Romanian jurist

M

Mircea Iorgulescu

Romanian literary critic

A

Alexandru Țibulcă

politician (1937-2015)

Ion Popescu

handball player

G

George Dorul Dumitrescu

Romanian poet and columnist

A

Andrei Nicolae

Romanian politician

Nicolae S. Basilescu

Romanian politician

G

Georgeta Militaru-Mașca

Romanian rower

C

Constantin Mateescu

Romanian politician (1915-20__)

M

Maia Zidaru

Romanian basketball player (born 1959)

Grigore P. Cantilli

Romanian general officer

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

Nearby places in Prahova

• Arioneștii Vechi
  0.6 mi away · pop. 353
• Orzoaia de Sus
  0.6 mi away · pop. 136
• Orzoaia de Jos
  0.8 mi away · pop. 611
• Valea Bobului
  1.1 mi away · pop. 57
• Valea Crângului
  1.3 mi away · pop. 335
• Valea Pietrei
  1.4 mi away · pop. 501
• Valea Mieilor
  1.7 mi away · pop. 58
• Arioneștii Noi
  1.7 mi away · pop. 262
• Valea Nucetului
  2 mi away · pop. 405
• Jercălăi
  2.1 mi away · pop. 276
• Schiau
  2.5 mi away
• Albești-Paleologu
  2.6 mi away · pop. 1,876

Browse all places in Prahova →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.