{{refimprove|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = commune |county = Prahova |official_name = Ceptura |image_flag = |image_shield = ROU PH Ceptura CoA.png |image_skyline = Biserica Sf Apostoli.jpg |image_caption = Holy Trinity Church in Ceptura de Jos |image_location = |image_map = Ceptura jud Prahova.png |map_caption = Location in Prahova County |leader_name = Vasile George Stanciu |leader_party = PSD |leader_term = 2024–2028 |coordinates = {{coord|45|01|N|26|20|E|display=it}} |elevation = 170 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 47.05 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 107125 |area_code = +(40) 244 |website = {{URL|https://comunaceptura.ro/}} }} '''Ceptura''' is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Ceptura de Jos (the commune centre), Ceptura de Sus, Malu Roșu, Rotari, and Șoimești.
The open-pit Ceptura Coal Mine (opened in 1954) is located in Ceptura de Sus.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chioveanu|first=Constatin|url=https://www.facebook.com/ceptura/photos/monografie-cepturaalături-de-construcţia-căminului-cultural-autorităţile-demarea/2240235922886617/|title=Comuna Ceptura|website=Facebook|language=Romanian|date=February 5, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref>
{{Historical populations |source = Census data |1992 |5473 |2002 |5304 |2011 |4717 |2021 |4019 }} == Notable people== *George Dorul Dumitrescu (1901 or 1904–1985), prose writer and columnist *Georgeta Militaru-Mașca (born 1954), rower
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{{Gallery |File:Heroes' Cross front.jpg|Heroes’ Cross – a war memorial dedicated to the heroes of the Romanian War of Independence, of WWI, and of WWII}}
{{Prahova County}} Ceptura Category:Localities in Muntenia
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