Fulga

{{for|the village in Buzău County|Cernătești, Buzău}} {{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = commune |county = Prahova |name = Fulga |image_skyline = Primaria fulga.JPG |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = Fulga town hall |image_shield = ROU PH Fulga CoA.png |shield_alt = |image_map = Fulga jud Prahova.png |map_caption = Location in Prahova County |leader_name = Constantin Badea |leader_party = PSD |leader_term = 2020–2024 |coordinates = {{coord|44|53|N|26|26|E|region:RO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} |established_date = |elevation = |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 74.45 |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 107260 |area_code = |website = {{url|https://primariafulga.ro}} }} '''Fulga''' is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Fulga de Jos and Fulga de Sus; the former is the administrative centre.

==Geography== The commune is situated in the Wallachian Plain, more specifically, in the {{ill|Gherghița Plain|ro|Câmpia Gherghiței}}, north of what were once the Codrii Vlăsiei, and northwest of the Bărăgan Plain. It is located in the southeastern corner of Prahova County, on the border with Buzău County, at a distance of {{cvt|14|km}} from the town of Mizil and {{cvt|39|km}} from the county seat, Ploiești. The country's capital, Bucharest, is {{cvt|65|km}} to the southwest.

The river Bălana flows through the commune, forming a lake that separates the two component villages. Wels catfish grow in the lake; they can attain {{cvt|1.8|m}} in length and can weigh up to {{cvt|48|kg}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.observatorulph.ro/exclusiv/78356-asa-arata-monstrul-baltii-somn-de-48-de-kg-prins-in-prahova-foto|title=Așa arată "monstrul" bălții: Somn de 48 de kg, prins în Prahova|first=Mihai|last=Popescu|language=ro|newspaper=Observatorul Prahovean|date=April 11, 2017|access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> The Bălana discharges into the Ghighiu at the eastern edge of Fulga.

The commune is crossed by county road DJ100C, which lead north to Baba Ana and Mizil (where it ends in national road DN1B) and south to Sălciile. Road DJ100B bifurcates from DJ100C in Fulga de Jos, leading west to Drăgănești, where it meets {{ill|DN1D|ro}}.

==Demographics== {{Historical populations |source = Census data |1992 |4077 |2002 |3882 |2011 |3482 |2021 |2889 }} At the 2011 census, Fulga had 3,482 inhabitants, of which 93.74% were Romanians and 3.62% Roma. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 2,889; of those, 93.49% were Romanians and 2.25% Roma.<ref name="RPL2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}</ref>

==People== *Writer {{ill|Laurențiu Fulga|ro}} (1916–1984) was born Laurențiu Ionescu in Fulga de Jos. He took his pen name after the commune; the local school now bears his name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/educatie/scoala/In-cautarea-scolarilor-pierdutiScoalacontinua-maturitate-adevar-redescoperit-fulga-1_5629e3c9f5eaafab2cf33046/index.html|title=În căutarea școlarilor pierduți: "Școala continuă și la maturitate!" – un adevăr redescoperit și la Fulga|newspaper=Adevărul|language=ro|date=October 23, 2015|access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref> * Lawyer and politician Ana Birchall was born in 1973 in nearby Mizil, but grew up in Fulga de Jos, where she attended the local school.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anabirchall.ro/album-foto/|title=Album Foto|language=ro|website=www.anabirchall.ro|access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref>

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Fulga Category:Localities in Muntenia