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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Comarnic
| native_name             = 
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| settlement_type         = Town
| image_skyline           = Primaria Comarnic.jpg
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = City hall of Comarnic
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| image_seal              = 
| seal_alt                = 
| image_shield            = ROU PH Comarnic CoA.png
| nickname                = 
| motto                   = 
| image_map               = Comarnic jud Prahova.png
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Position of Comarnic in [[Prahova County]]
| pushpin_map             = Romania
| pushpin_label_position  = 
| pushpin_map_alt         = 
| pushpin_map_caption     = Position of Comarnic in [[Romania]]
| pushpin_map1            = Romania Prahova
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| pushpin_map_caption1    = Position of Comarnic in [[Prahova County]]
| latd =  45
| latm =  15
| lats =  04
| latNS = N
| longd =  25
| longm =  38
| longs =  07
| longEV = E
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{ROU}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Counties of Romania|County]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{RO-PH}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[Towns of Romania|Town]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Comarnic]]
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| subdivision_name3       = 
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| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
| parts_type = Subordinated settlements
| parts_style = list
| p1 = [[Ghioșești, Prahova|Ghioșești]]
| p2 = [[Podu Lung, Prahova|Podu Lung]]
| p3 = [[Poiana, Prahova|Poiana]]
| p4 = [[Posada, Prahova|Posada]]
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| seat                    = 
| government_footnotes    = 
| leader_party            = [[PSD]]
| leader_title            = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name             = Sorin Nicolae Popa
| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 89.97
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| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 555
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_total        = 11 970
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_density_km2  = 314.66
| population_demonym      = 
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|timezone=[[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset=+2
|timezone_DST=[[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST=+3
| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 105700
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| website                 = [http://primariacomarnic.ro/ http://primariacomarnic.ro/]
| footnotes               = 
}}

'''Comarnic''' is a [[town]] in [[Prahova County]], [[Romania]], with a population of 13,500. Four villages are administered by the town: [[Ghioșești, Prahova|Ghioșești]], [[Podu Lung, Prahova|Podu Lung]], [[Poiana, Prahova|Poiana]] și [[Posada, Prahova|Posada]].

{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1977 |13703
|1992 |13762
|2002 |13532
|2011 |11732
}}

==Etymology==
Its name origin is the Romanian word "comarnic", which is a kind of a shepherd's hut <ref>[http://en.bab.la/dictionary/romanian-english/comarnic-coliba-de-pastor Romanian-English translation for "comarnic-coliba-de-pastor"]</ref> of Slavic origin: ''komar''=[[mosquito]]+ [[-nik]], literally, "retreat from mosquitoes". It is used for milking sheep and storing milk and other dairy products.<ref>[http://www.chiojdu.ro/Traditii/traditii.php Tradiţii pe meleaguri chiojdene] {{ro icon}}</ref><ref>[http://www.horabucovinei.ro/traditii-si-obiceiuri-de-stana Suitul oilor la munte, măsura laptelui] {{ro icon}}</ref>

==References==
{{commons category|Comarnic}}
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{{Comarnic}}
{{Prahova County}}






[[Category:Comarnic]]
[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Settlements in Prahova County]]
[[Category:Established in 1502]]
[[Category:Valid name- locality of Romania]]