Comarnic

Comarnic is a town in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 11,106 as of 2021. Four villages are administered by the town: Ghioșești, Podu Lung, Poiana, and Posada.

The town is situated along the Prahova River, in the main on the left bank, but with some of the component villages on the right bank of the river.

Cormarnic has one sister city:
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Climate
Comarnic has a humid continental climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

Etymology
Its name origin is the Romanian word "comarnic" for a kind of a shepherd's hut, of Slavic origin: komar=mosquito+ -nik, literally, "retreat from mosquitoes". It is used for milking sheep and storing milk and other dairy products.

Natives

 * Corina Drăgan-Terecoasa (born 1971), luger
 * Constantin Dragomir (born 1927), bobsledder
 * Georgeta Năpăruș (1930–1997), painter
 * Ion Panțuru (1934–2016), bobsledder
 * David Popescu (1886–1955), general in World War II and Interior Minister