Bărcănești
Bărcănești is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Bărcănești, Ghighiu, Pușcași, Românești, and Tătărani.Photo: The1, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
- Type: Locality with 9,230 residents
- Description: commune in Prahova County, Romania
- Also known as: “Barcanesti” and “Bărcănești, Prahova”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ploiești Triaj railway station and Brazi Power Plant.
Ploiești Triaj railway station
Railway station
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Ploiești Triaj railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of Bărcănești.
Brazi Power Plant
Power station
The Brazi Power Station is a thermal power plant located in Brazi, a commune in Prahova, Romania, with two operational generation groups, one 105 MW and one 25 MW, resulting in a total electricity generation capacity of 130 MW. Brazi Power Plant is situated 3½ km west of Bărcănești.
Petrom Brazi Power Plant
Power station
The Petrom Brazi Power Station is one of the largest electricity producers in Romania, having 2 natural gas-fired groups of 430 MW each, totalling an installed capacity of 860 MW and an electricity generation capacity of around 6 TWh/year. Petrom Brazi Power Plant is situated 4 km west of Bărcănești.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tătărani and Ghighiu.
Ghighiu
Village
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Ghighiu is a village, which is situated 3 km northeast of Bărcănești.
Brazii de Sus
Village
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Brazii de Sus is a village, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Bărcănești.
Bărcănești
- Category: commune of Romania
- Location: Comuna Bărcăneşti, Prahova, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Bărcănești” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bărcănești (Prahova)”
- Basque: “Bărcănești”
- Cebuano: “Comuna Bărcănești”
- Chechen: “Беркенешть (коммуна, Прахова)”
- Chechen: “Беркенешть”
- Chinese: “Bărcăneşti”
- Chinese: “伯爾克內什蒂鄉”
- Dutch: “Bărcănești”
- French: “Bărcănești”
- Hungarian: “Bărcănești”
- Irish: “Bărcănești”
- Italian: “Bărcănești”
- Malay: “Bărcăneşti, Prahova”
- Malay: “Bărcănești, Prahova”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bărcănești”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bărcănești”
- Polish: “Bărcănești (gmina w okręgu Prahova)”
- Polish: “Bărcănești”
- Portuguese: “Bărcănești”
- Romanian: “Bărcănești”
- Romanian: “Comuna Bărcăneşti, Prahova”
- Romanian: “Comuna Bărcănești, Prahova”
- Serbian: “Општина Барканешти”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Bărcănești, Prahova”
- Spanish: “Bărcănești”
- Tatar: “Беркенешть (коммуна, Прахова)”
- Tatar: “Беркенешть”
- Turkish: “Bărcănești (Prahova)”
- Turkish: “Bărcănești”
- Ukrainian: “Беркенешть”
- Vietnamese: “Barcanesti, Prahova”
- Vietnamese: “Bărcănești, Prahova”
- Volapük: “Bărcănești”
- Welsh: “Bărcănești”
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Localities in the Area
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