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Bujoreni, Vâlcea

commune in Vâlcea County, Romania

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ12724594 ↗
Source-derived summary

Bujoreni is a commune located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania, just to the north of Râmnicu Vâlcea, the seat of Vâlcea County. It is composed of seven villages: Bogdănești, Bujoreni, Gura Văii, Lunca, Malu Alb, Malu Vârtop, and Olteni (the commune centre).

Agriculture is the main income source. There are special traditions which have been well preserved.

Geography

Bujoreni stretches along the European Route E81 (DN7) (Bucharest–Râmnicu Vâlcea–Sibiu), on the right bank of the River Olt.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Bujoreni, Vâlcea” as commune in Vâlcea County, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bujoreni, Vâlcea and commune.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 76-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bujoreni, Vâlcea and commune providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Bujoreni, Vâlcea”, the useful work is to connect “commune in Vâlcea County, Romania” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12724594. Authority coordinates are 45.172, 24.335. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Bujoreni, Vâlcea”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Bujoreni, Vâlcea primary sources, Bujoreni, Vâlcea archive and Bujoreni research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Bujoreni, Vâlcea” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.