Predeal, Romania

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Predeal, Romania

|official_name=Predeal

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image_shield=Coa_predeal_bv_ro.gif
subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Braşov County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Autolink|Town
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Ionel Goidescu
leader_party=PD-L
|area_total_km2=58.4
population_as_of=2002
population_total=6238|population_footnotes=
population_density_km2=107|latd=45|latm=30|lats=17|latNS=N|longd=25|longm=34|longs=43|longEW=E|
website=http://www.primaria-predeal.ro/

Predeal (Romanian pronunciation: /pre.'de̯al/, _hu. Predeál) is a town in Romania, in Braşov County. An important mountain resort, Predeal is located on the Prahova Valley and is surrounded by five massifs: Postăvarul, Piatra Mare, Bucegi, Baiului and Fiţifoi. The name is derived from the Romanian archaic form "pre deal" which means "on the hill" or from the Slavic word "predel", which means "bound", "limit". In the late years the town has known a remarkable boom in construction, with many well-off people from all over the country, having a mountain retreat in Predeal.

Predeal is the highest town in Romania with an altitude between 1033m-1110m.

William of Wied, Prince of Albania, died here in 1945.Predeal was the hometown of one of Romania's less known poets, Mihail Săulescu.

External links

* [http://www.predeal.ro Website about Predeal]
* [http://www.predeal.org Informative website about Predeal and all it's services]
* [http://www.alpinet.ro Website about Carpathian Mountains]
* [http://www.itinerar.ro/Muntii/loc-p_en.htm Predeal- alpine station, accommodation, sensitive map]