# Ceptura

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{{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](/source/communes_of_Romania) in [Prahova County](/source/Prahova_County), [Muntenia](/source/Muntenia), [Romania](/source/Romania). It is composed of five villages: Ceptura de Jos (the commune centre), Ceptura de Sus, Malu Roșu, Rotari, and Șoimești.

The [open-pit](/source/Open-pit_mining) [Ceptura Coal Mine](/source/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](/source/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](/source/George_Dorul_Dumitrescu) (1901 or 1904–1985), prose writer and columnist
*[Georgeta Militaru-Mașca](/source/Georgeta_Militaru-Ma%C8%99ca) (born 1954), rower

==References==
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{{Gallery
|File:Heroes' Cross front.jpg|Heroes’ Cross &ndash; 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

{{Prahova-geo-stub}}

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