Pătârlagele

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Pătârlagele

|official_name=Pătârlagele


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Buzău County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Autolink|Town
settlement_type=Town|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Valeriu Sârbu
leader_party=Social Democratic Party
|area_total_km2=80.45
population_as_of=2002
population_total=8226|latd=45|latm=19|lats=8|latNS=N|longd=26|longm=21|longs=35|longEW=E|
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Pătârlagele (also spelled: "Pătîrlagele"; IPA2|/pə.tɨr'la.dʒe.le/) is a town in the Buzău County, Romania. It has a population of 8,414.

Geography

Pătârlagele is located in the western part of the county, along the national road connecting Buzău and Braşov, in the Pătârlagele hollow, between the Carpathian Mountains and the Subcarpathian Hills.

Neighbours

* The Colţi and Bozioru communes, to the north
* The Pănătău and Cozieni communes, to the east
* The Cislău commune, to the south
* The Cătina, Calvini and Chiojdu communes, to the west

History

The first evidence of the existence of the Pătârlagele commune date back from 1524-1527 [http://www.cdep.ro/proiecte/2004/000/80/8/em088.pdf] , but it probably existed before the establishment of the medieval state of Wallachia.

The name "Pătârlagele" comes from the German form of the name "Peter" (in Romanian, "Petre" or "Petru"), and the German word "lager", meaning "camp". The German origin of the name can only be explained by the presence of the Teutonic knights on the other side of the Carpathians, in Ţara Bârsei, during the years 1211-1225 and their conquest of the Buzău Mountains, where they raised fortifications against the Cumans.

The Pătârlagele commune received town rights in 2004. [http://www.cdep.ro/proiecte/2004/000/80/8/doc088.pdf]