Siriu

Siriu is a commune in , , , in the valley of the river . It is composed of five villages: Cașoca, Colțu Pietrii, Gura Siriului, Lunca Jariștei, and Mușcelușa.
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  • Type: commune of Romania with 3,060 residents
  • Description: commune in Buzău County, Romania
  • Also known as: “49484”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Siriu.

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is an artificial dam lake in , on the valley. Construction of the dam started in 1982, and the 42 MW Nehoiașu hydroelectric plant was opened in 1994.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lunca Jariștei and Gura Siriului.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Siriu.

Village
Photo: Andrei Stroe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Siriu

Latitude
45.5087° or 45° 30′ 31″ north
Longitude
26.2447° or 26° 14′ 41″ east
Population
3,060
Elevation
613 metres (2,011 feet)
Open location code
8GQ8G65V+FV
Geo­Names ID
666812
Wiki­data ID
Q2716782
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Satellite Map

Discover Siriu from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Siriu” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Siriu”
  • Cebuano: “Comuna Siriu”
  • Chechen: “Сириу (коммуна)”
  • Chechen: “Сириу”
  • Chinese: “Siriu”
  • Chinese: “錫里烏鄉”
  • Dutch: “Siriu”
  • French: “Siriu”
  • Irish: “Siriu”
  • Italian: “Siriu”
  • Malay: “Siriu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Siriu”
  • Polish: “Siriu (gmina)”
  • Polish: “Siriu”
  • Portuguese: “Siriu”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Siriu, Buzău”
  • Romanian: “Siriu”
  • Serbian: “Општина Сириу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Siriu, Buzău”
  • Tatar: “Сириу (коммуна)”
  • Tatar: “Сириу”
  • Turkish: “Şirin”
  • Turkish: “Siriu”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіріу”
  • Vietnamese: “Siriu”
  • Volapük: “Comuna Siriu”
  • Volapük: “Siriu”
  • “Siriu”
  • “Siriu, Buzău”

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