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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = town
|county             = Ilfov
|official_name      = Buftea
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = ROU IF Buftea CoA2.png
|image_skyline      = 2012.05.01 Palatul Stirbei Buftea 009 stitch3+GIMP-.jpg
|image_caption      = Știrbei Palace
|image_map          = Buftea ilfov.png
|map_caption        = Location in Ilfov County
|leader_name        = Gheorghe Pistol<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.primariabuftea.ro/ |title=Primăria Buftea |publisher=Buftea town hall |access-date=8 June 2021 |language=ro|website=www.primariabuftea.ro}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|term               = 2024&ndash;2028
|coordinates        = {{coord|44|34|12|N|25|57|0|E|type:city_region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 104
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 57.36
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 070000
|area_code          = +(40) 021
|website            = {{URL|https://www.primariabuftea.ro/}}
}}

'''Buftea''' ({{IPA|ro|ˈbufte̯a}}) is a [[Cities in Romania|town]] in [[Ilfov County]], [[Muntenia]], [[Romania]], located {{cvt|20|km}} north-west of [[Bucharest]]. One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town.

The film studios [[MediaPro Pictures]] and the [[Buftea Palace]] of the [[Știrbei family]] are located in Buftea.
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1977 |14891
|1992 |19399
|2002 |19617
|2011 |21960
|2021 |20577
}}

==Natives==
* [[Mihai Aioani]] (born 1999), footballer 
* [[Marius Bâtfoi]] (born 1990), footballer 
* [[Elisa Brătianu]] (1870–1957), aristocrat and political figure 
* [[Alina Eremia]] (born 1993), singer and TV personality 
* [[Daniela Druncea]] (born 1990), rowing coxswain and artistic gymnast
* {{ill|Dumitru Dumitrescu|ro}} (1904–1984), engineer, member of the Romanian Academy
* [[Nicolae Grigore]] (born 1983), footballer 
* [[Constantin Lupulescu]] (born 1984), chess grandmaster
* [[Barbu Știrbey]] (1872–1946), Prime Minister of Romania in 1927

==References==
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{{Gallery
|File:Capela Sfanta Treime a Palatului Stirbei.jpg|Holy Trinity Chapel of the Știrbey Palace
|File:2012.05.01 Palatul Stirbei Buftea 112 stitch3+GIMP.jpg|Water tower of the Știrbey Palace
|File:Gara Buftea.jpg|Buftea railway station
|File:Lacul Buftea-vedere de pe pontonul domeniului Stirbei-panorama din 7 imagini asamblate cu GIMP.jpg|Buftea Lake
}}

{{commons category|Buftea}}
{{LocalitiesIlfov}}

[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Ilfov County]]
[[Category:Localities in Muntenia]]


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