Vârfuri


Vârfuri is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 2,107 people. It is composed of seven villages: Cârlănești, Cojoiu, Merișoru, Stătești, Șuvița, Ulmetu and Vârfuri. It is located outside the town of Pucioasa.

History

In the years right around 1800, the commune's village was called Vârfu, a name that emerged from a census of Dâmboviţa County, carried out in 1810 and which states "Vârfu village has 45 houses, 60 men and 82 women".
Then, the Vârfu name turned into Vârfuri. This name was mentioned in the "List of Candidates' Rights and Buildings", and this name kept. In some documents found in the State Archives - Prefect Fund as: "Rural Reform in 1864", "General Budget 1919-1920", the name of the village is "Vârfuri". The name"Vârfuri" is also mentioned in the "Geography of Dâmboviţa County" in 1887, which describes the commune as follows:
At the end of the XIX-th century, the Vârfurile commune was part of Ialomiţa-Dâmboviţa lands f Dâmboviţa County and it consisted of Peflori, Valea Rea, Cojoiu, Carlăneşti, Strâmbu and Şuviţa, with 1300 inhabitants. A church and a school functioned in the commune.
In 1925, the Socec Yearbook adds to the commune the village of Stăteşti, a commune with 2531 inhabitants and being assigned to the Pucioasa lands of the same county. In 1931, the village was composed of Carlanesti, Cojoiu, Stăteşti, Suvita, Valea Rea and Vârfuri villages.
In 1950, the commune passed under the Pucioasa district administration of the Prahova region and then the district of Targoviste in the Ploiesti region. In 1964, the Strâmbu village was named Ulmetu, and the village of Valea Rea was renamed in Merişoru. In 1968, the commune returned to the re-established Dâmboviţa County.