Crevedia

{{otheruses}} {{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = commune |county = Dâmbovița |name = Crevedia |image_flag = |image_shield = |image_skyline = |image_caption = |image_location = |image_map = Crevedia jud Dambovita.png |map_caption = Location in Dâmbovița County |leader_name = Florin Petre |leader_party = PSD |leader_term = 2024–2028 |coordinates = {{coord|44|36|N|25|56|E|region:RO|display=it}} |elevation = 111 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 52.78 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 137180 |area_code = +(40) 245 |website = {{URL|https://primariacrevedia.ro/}} }} '''Crevedia''' is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Dâmbovița County]], [[Muntenia]], [[Romania]] with a population of 8,811 people as of 2021. It is composed of five villages: Cocani, Crevedia, Dârza, Mănăstirea, and Samurcași.

The commune is situated in the [[Wallachian Plain]], at an altitude of {{cvt|111|m}}, on the banks of the [[Colentina (river)|Colentina River]] and its tributary, the [[Crevedia (Colentina)|Crevedia]]. It is located in the southeastern extremity of Dâmbovița County, {{cvt|60|km}} from the county seat, [[Târgoviște]], on the border with [[Ilfov County]], next to the town of [[Buftea]]; the city of [[Ploiești]] is {{cvt|44|km}} to the northeast, while [[Bucharest]] is {{cvt|27|km}} to the southeast.

Crevedia is crossed by [[Roads in Romania|national road]] [[DN1A]], which connects Bucharest and [[Brașov]] via Ploiești. The Dârza [[Train station#Halt|halt]] serves the [[Căile Ferate Române|CFR]] [[Căile Ferate Române Line 500|Main Line 500]], which runs from Bucharest to Ploiești and on towards [[Western Moldavia|Moldavia]] and the [[Romania–Ukraine border|Ukrainian border]].

The commune mayor's illegal [[liquefied petroleum gas]] business was the cause of [[Crevedia explosions|a series of explosions]] in August 2023 resulting in six deaths and numerous injured including firefighters that were responding to the blaze that caused the explosion. The mayor also attempted to build a commercial centre near a [[liquefied petroleum gas]] station, which was cancelled by the Dâmbovița Court.

{{Historical populations |source = Census data |2002 |6749 |2011 |7750 |2021 |8811 }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crevedia}} [[Category:Communes in Dâmbovița County]] [[Category:Localities in Muntenia]]