Provița de Jos explained

Type:	commune
County:	Prahova
Population Total:	auto
Provița de Jos
Leader Name:	Ionuț Bocioacă^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2024
Leader Party:	PSD
Coordinates:	45.1167°N 64°W
Area Total:	25.33
Postal Code:	107475

Provița de Jos is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Drăgăneasa, Piatra, and Provița de Jos.

The commune lies along the Provița River, to the west of the county, on the border with Dâmbovița County. It is traversed by the DJ101E road, which connects it to the east with Câmpina and to the north with Provița de Sus and Adunați.

Natives

The commune is the birthplace of Dumitru Comănescu, who was briefly the world's oldest verified living man in the world before his death in June 2020, aged 111.^{[2] [3]} It is also the birthplace of Aurora Cornu (1931–2021).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 2020 local elections . Central Electoral Bureau . 9 June 2021 . dmy-all.
2. News: Un român a devenit cel mai în vârstă bărbat din lume. „Sper să mă depășiți!”. Digi24. 29 May 2020. 31 May 2020. ro.
3. Web site: Mărgădean. Vasile. 2020-06-27. FOTO: A murit Dumitru Comănescu, românul care a fost pentru scurt timp cel mai vârstnic bărbat din lume. Avea 111 ani. Dumitru Comănescu, the Romanian who was for a short time the oldest man in the world, died at the age of 111.. 2020-07-08. Mediafax.ro. ro.