Scorțeni, Prahova

Scorţeni
Commune
Location of Scorţeni
Coordinates: 45°05′35″N 25°50′55″E / 45.09306°N 25.84861°E / 45.09306; 25.84861Coordinates: 45°05′35″N 25°50′55″E / 45.09306°N 25.84861°E / 45.09306; 25.84861
Country	Romania
County	Prahova
Component villages	Bordenii Mari, Bordenii Mici, Mislea, Scorțeni, Sârca
Population (2002)
• Total	5,927
Postal code	10752

Scorţeni is a commune in Prahova County, Romania.

Geography

Scorţeni is located in Prahova County, Romania with a population of about 6,000 people. Scorţeni is surrounded by the Sub-Carpathian hills, close to the 45 degrees parallel at an altitude of approximately 350 meters. The most important towns in the vicinity are: Câmpina (14 km), Băicoi (6 km), Plopeni (10 km), Ploieşti (25 km - administrative center of Prahova County) and Sinaia (40 km). The Capital city Bucharest is about 85 km far to the South.

Villages

The commune is composed of five villages: Bordenii Mari, Bordenii Mici, Mislea, Scorţeni and Sârca.

Mislea

Around 1540, Radu Paisie, the ruler of Muntenia province of those times, set up a monastery at the confluence between Mislea River and Telega River. On the monastery's ruins, a political prison was built by the former communist regime. The building was lately transformed into a state home.

Northward, on forested hills, lies Buştenari –an old settlement whose inhabitants have dealt with timber cut and transportation, ever since the 15th century.

To the West, Telega commune stretches its dwellings upstream the Telega River, up to the salt mines exploited for almost 700 years. Downstream Mislea river to the Est, there are the communes Scorţeni and the villages Sârca and Bordeni where the ruler Mihai Viteazul is said to have appropriated four of his captains, at the end of the 16th century.

During the first part of the Communist period, Mislea was the site of a penitentiary for female political prisoners. This became an old age home in the 1970s.^[1]

Prahova County, Romania

Cities	Ploiești (county seat) Câmpina

Towns	Azuga Băicoi Boldești-Scăeni Breaza Bușteni Comarnic Mizil Plopeni Sinaia Slănic Urlați Vălenii de Munte

Communes	Adunați Albești-Paleologu Aluniș Apostolache Ariceștii Rahtivani Ariceștii Zeletin Baba Ana Balta Doamnei Bălțești Bănești Bărcănești Bătrâni Berceni Bertea Blejoi Boldești-Grădiștea Brazi Brebu Bucov Călugăreni Cărbunești Ceptura Cerașu Chiojdeanca Ciorani Cocorăștii Mislii Cocorăștii Colț Colceag Cornu Cosminele Drăgănești Drajna Dumbrava Dumbrăvești Filipeștii de Pădure Filipeștii de Târg Fântânele Florești Fulga Gherghița Gorgota Gornet Gornet-Cricov Gura Vadului Gura Vitioarei Iordăcheanu Izvoarele Jugureni Lapoș Lipănești Măgurele Măgureni Măneciu Mănești Olari Păcureți Păulești Plopu Podenii Noi Poiana Câmpina Poienarii Burchii Posești Predeal-Sărari Provița de Jos Provița de Sus Puchenii Mari Râfov Salcia Sălciile Scorțeni Secăria Sângeru Șirna Șoimari Șotrile Starchiojd Ștefești Surani Talea Tătaru Teișani Telega Tinosu Târgșoru Vechi Tomșani Vadu Săpat Valea Călugărească Valea Doftanei Vărbilău Vâlcănești

References

↑ (Romanian) Andrei Udişteanu, "Amintiri despre temniceri în fustă", Evenimentul Zilei, June 2, 2009; accessed September 30, 2013

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