Siriu
Siriu is a commune in Buzău County, Muntenia, Romania, in the valley of the river Buzău. It is composed of five villages: Cașoca, Colțu Pietrii, Gura Siriului, Lunca Jariștei, and Mușcelușa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Lake Siriu
Lake Siriu is an artificial dam lake in Romania, on the Buzău River 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.
Lunca Jariștei
Village
Photo: Rsocol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lunca Jariștei is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Siriu.
Siriu
- Location: Buzău County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Siriu Dam and Strigoaiei.
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