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Valea Plopului

Prahovavillage

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Total population

665

Air quality index

49Good
Coordinates45.29°, 26.16°

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

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City facts

Overview

Valea Plopului is a small village in Prahova, Romania. The settlement sits at 45.294°, 26.161°, a temperate location in the northern hemisphere. Population sits at roughly 665 according to the open data we track. The latitude suggests four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,338 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 52% of daylight hours. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
45.2939
Longitude
26.1613
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
49
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
9.3
PM10 (µg/m³)
12.2
Ozone (µg/m³)
51
NO₂ (µg/m³)
3.9

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

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
2,539
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    76
  • Great Tit
    Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    46
  • False-acacia
    Robinia pseudoacacia L. · Magnoliopsida
    41
  • Common Chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    38
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    37
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
    Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
    34
  • Annual Fleabane
    Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
    34
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker
    Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    30

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

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
404
Largest magnitude
5.9
Largest event
2004-10-27

Most recent

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

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Eufrosin Poteca
Eufrosin Poteca
Romanian academic
Constantin Giurescu
Constantin Giurescu
Romanian historian
Marcel Bejgu
Marcel Bejgu
Romanian painter
William Gabriel Brînză
William Gabriel Brînză
Romanian politician
Mihai Drăgănescu
Mihai Drăgănescu
Romanian engineer (1929-2010)
I
Iulian Bădescu
Romanian politician from Ploiești, Prahova County
C
Cornelia Catangă
Romanian singer
L
Liliana Sbîrnea
Romanian politician
Dumitru Enescu
Dumitru Enescu
Romanian geophysicist
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 Prahova

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.67
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,338

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Official Identifiers

INS — National Institute of Statistics (Romania)

SIRUTA
134728
Population (Wikidata)
638
Wikidata
Q12087567

SIRUTA via Wikidata P843

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • INS — National Institute of Statistics (Romania) — SIRUTA via Wikidata P843