Fulga

For the village in Buzău County, see Cernătești, Buzău.

Fulga
Commune
Fulga town hall
Coat of arms
Location in Prahova County
Fulga Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°53′N26°26′E / 44.883°N 26.433°E / 44.883; 26.433
Country	Romania
County	Prahova
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Constantin Badea (PSD)
Area	74.45 km2 (28.75 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-01) [1]	2,889
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	107260
Vehicle reg.	PH
Website	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 Gherghița Plain  [ ro ], 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 14 km (8.7 mi) from the town of Mizil and 39 km (24 mi) from the county seat, Ploiești. The country's capital, Bucharest, is 65 km (40 mi) 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 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) in length and can weigh up to 48 kg (106 lb). ^[2] 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 DN1D  [ ro ].

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1992	4,077	—
2002	3,882	−4.8%
2011	3,482	−10.3%
2021	2,889	−17.0%
Source: Census data

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. ^[3]

People

• Writer 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. ^[4]
• 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. ^[5]

Notes

1. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
2. Popescu, Mihai (April 11, 2017). "Așa arată "monstrul" bălții: Somn de 48 de kg, prins în Prahova". Observatorul Prahovean (in Romanian). Retrieved January 2, 2022.
3. "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.
4. "În căutarea școlarilor pierduți: "Școala continuă și la maturitate!" – un adevăr redescoperit și la Fulga". Adevărul (in Romanian). October 23, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
5. "Album Foto". www.anabirchall.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved January 2, 2022.

Civic hall

Heroes monument

Lake Bălana, between Fulga de Jos and Fulga de Sus