It was first mentioned in a written record in 1485. It developed much in the 1970s after the construction of the Automobile Dacia manufacturing plant. There is also a Nuclear Research Institute, that builds components and materials for the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, and a high security prison. Its mayor, Vasile Costescu, died in May 2006. The new mayor is Ion Georgescu.

Its soccer team, Dacia Mioveni, plays in the Romanian second league.