Bușteni
Sign in to saveBușteni () is a small mountain town in the north of Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, at the bottom of the Bucegi Mountains, that have a maximum altitude of . Its name literally means tree-logs in Romanian. One village, Poiana Țapului, is administratively part of the town, formerly a separate commune prior to 1950. According to the 2021 census, it has 8,368 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Prahova
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Prahova County
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Bușteni
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Hotel Caraiman- Busteni - panoramio.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Hotel Caraiman Bușteni
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Busteni jud Prahova.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU_PH_Busteni_CoA1.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Emanoil Savin
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PSD
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 875
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 75.28
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 105500
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Bușteni () is a small mountain town in the north of Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located in the Prahova Valley, at the bottom of the Bucegi Mountains, that have a maximum altitude of . Its name literally means tree-logs in Romanian. One village, Poiana Țapului, is administratively part of the town, formerly a separate commune prior to 1950. According to the 2021 census, it has 8,368 inhabitants.
Bușteni's average altitude is . It is one of the most popular mountain resorts in Romania, with year-round tourism opportunities, including skiing and mountain climbing.