ArgeÅŸ County

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Argeş ('ar.ʤeʃ) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Wallachia, with the capital city at Piteşti.

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 652,625 and the population density was 95/km².

• Romanians - 96%
• Romas, and other.

Year	County population
1948	448,964
1956	483,741
1966	529,833
1977	631,918
1992	681,206
2002	652,625

Geography

This county has a total area of 6,862 km².

The relief can be split into 3 distinctive parts. In the north side there are the mountains, from the Southern Carpathians group - the Făgăraş Mountains with heights over 2400 m, and in the North-East part the Leaotă Mountains. Between them there is a pass towards Braşov the Rucăr-Bran pass. The heights decrease, and in the center there are the sub-carpathian hills, with heights around 800 m, crossed with very deep valleys. In the south there is the northern part of the Romanian Plain.

The main river that croses the county is the ArgeÅŸ River in which almost all the other rivers coming from the mountains flow. In the south the main rivers are the Vedea River and the Teleorman River.

Neighbours

• DâmboviÅ£a County in the east.
• Vâlcea County and Olt County in the west.
• Sibiu County and BraÅŸov County in the north.
• Teleorman County in the south.

Economy

The county is one of the most industrialized counties in Romania. There is one oil refinery and two automobile plants at Mioveni - the Dacia Renault car plant, and at Câmpulung the ARO plant.

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Automotive
• Chemical
• Electrical equipment
• Home appliances
• Food
• Textiles
• Construction materials

Oil is being extracted in the center and in the south. Also there are a few coal mines and close to Mioveni there is a nuclear research and production facility making nuclear fuels for the Cernavodă Nuclear Electric Power Plant. On the Argeş River there are a great number of hydroelectric power plants, the most impressive being the Vidraru power plant and dam.

The hillsides are well suited for wines and fruit orchards, and the south is suited for cereal crops.

Tourism

The main tourist destinations are:

• The city of PiteÅŸti
• The city of Curtea de ArgeÅŸ, where one of the most beautiful monasteries in Romania is located
• The Câmpulung - Rucăr area
• The FăgăraÅŸ Mountains - the Transfăgărăşan
• The Leaota Mountains
• The Poienari Castle
• The Cotmeana monastery.

Administrative divisions

The county has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 95 communes.

Municipalities

• PiteÅŸti
• Câmpulung
• Curtea de ArgeÅŸ

Towns

• Mioveni
• CosteÅŸti
• Topoloveni
• ÅžtefăneÅŸti

Communes

Albeştii de Argeş Albeştii de Muscel Albota Aninoasa Arefu Băbana Băiculeşti Bălileşti Bârla Bascov Beleţi-Negreşti Berevoeşti Bogaţi Boteni Boţeşti Bradu Brăduleţ Budeasa Bughea de Jos

Bughea de Sus Buzoeşti Căldăraru Călineşti Căteasca Cepari Cetăţeni Cicăneşti Ciofrângeni Ciomăgeşti Cocu Corbeni Corbi Coşeşti Cotmeana Cuca Dâmbovicioara Dârmaneşti Davideşti

Dobreşti Domneşti Drăganu Dragoslavele Godeni Hârseşti Hârtieşti Izvoru Leordeni Lereşti Lunca Corbului Mălureni Mărăcineni Merişani Miceşti Mihaeşti Mioarele Miroşi Morăreşti

Moşoaia Mozăceni Muşăteşti Negraşi Nucşoara Oarja Pietroşani Poiana Lacului Poienarii de Argeş Poienarii de Muscel Popeşti Priboieni Râca Răteşti Recea Rociu Rucăr Sălătrucu Săpata

Schitu Goleşti Slobozia Stâlpeni Ştefan cel Mare Stoeneşti Stolnici Şuici Suseni Teiu Tigveni Ţiţeşti Uda Ungheni Valea Danului Valea Iaşului Valea Mare-Pravăţ Vedea Vlădeşti Vultureşti

References

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