Argeş
—  County (Judeţ)  —
Vidraru lake, northern Argeş County
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud
Historic region	Greater Wallachia
Capital city (Resedinţă de judeţ)	Piteşti
Government
- Type	County Board
- President of the County Board	Constantin Nicolescu (Social Democratic Party)
- Prefect2	Marcel Proca
Area
- Total	6,862 km2 (2,649.4 sq mi)
Population (2002)
- Total	652,625
- Density	95/km2 (246/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	11wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x484
Car Plates	AG5
GDP	US$ 6.2 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 9,488 (2008)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union. 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a pollitical party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after his resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries' corps. 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Argeş (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈard͡ʒeʃ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Wallachia, with the capital city at Piteşti.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Geography 2.1 Neighbours 3 Economy 4 Tourism 5 Administrative divisions 6 References

[edit] Demographics

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

• Romanians - 96%^[1]
• Roma (Gypsies), and other.

Year	County population[2]
1948	448,964
1956	483,741
1966	529,833
1977	631,918
1992	681,206
2002	652,625

[edit] 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 Moldoveanu Peak (2,544 m), Negoiu Peak (2,535 m) and Vanatoarea lui Buteanu peak (2,508 m) towering the region, and in the North-East part the Leaotă Mountains. Between them there is a pass towards Braşov, the Rucăr-Bran Passage. 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 crosses the county is the Argeş 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.

[edit] Neighbours

• Dâmboviţa County in the east.
• Vâlcea County and Olt County in the west.
• Sibiu County and Braşov County in the north.
• Teleorman County in the south.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Tourism

The main tourist destinations are:

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

[edit] Administrative divisions

Argeş County has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 95 communes

• Municipalities
  • Câmpulung
  • Curtea de Argeş
  • Piteşti - county seat; population: 168,458 (as of 2002)
• Towns
  • Costeşti
  • Mioveni
  • Ştefăneşti
  • Topoloveni

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 Mihăeşti 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

[edit] References

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