Argeș County

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Argeș County
Județul Argeș
County
Vidraru Lake
and Dam in northern Argeș County
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

Argeș County (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈardʒeʃ] ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, the county had a population of 569,932 and the population density was 83.1/km2 (215.1/sq mi). At the 2011 census, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89.2/km2 (231.2/sq mi).[2]

Year County population[3][2]
1948 448,964 Steady
1956 483,741 Increase
1966 529,833 Increase
1977 631,918 Increase
1992 680,574 Increase
2002 652,625 Decrease
2011 612,431 Decrease
2021 569,932 Decrease

Geography

Landscape in central and southern Argeș County

This county has a total area of 6,862 km2 (2,649 sq mi). The landforms can be split into 3 distinctive parts. In the north side there are the mountains, from the

Leaotă Mountains. Between them there is a pass towards Brașov, the Rucăr–Bran Pass. The heights decrease, and in the center there are the sub-carpathian hills, with heights around 800 m (2,600 ft), crossed with very deep valleys. In the south there is the northern part of the Wallachian Plain
.

The main river that crosses the county is the

Teleorman River
.

Neighbours

Economy

Romanian Counties

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

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:

Politics

The Argeș County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 34 counsellors, with the following party composition:[4]

    Party Seats Current County Council
  Social Democratic Party (PSD) 17                                  
  National Liberal Party (PNL) 11                                  
  Save Romania Union (USR) 4                                  
  PRO Romania (PRO) 2                                  

Administrative divisions

Ruins of the medieval princely court in Curtea de Argeș
1715 coat of arms of Argeș, Teleorman and Mehedinți counties on the frontispice of the Antim Monastery

Argeș County has 3 cities, 4 towns, and 95 communes:

Historical county

Județul Argeș
County (Județ)
The Argeș County Prefecture building from the interwar period, now the Argeș County museum.
The Argeș County Prefecture building from the interwar period, now the Argeș County museum.
UTC+3 (EEST
)

The county was located in the central-southern part of the Greater Romania, in the western part of the historic Muntenia region. Its territory comprised a large part of the current county, and a piece of the western part of the present Vâlcea County. It was bordered on the west by the counties of Olt and Vâlcea, to the north by the counties Făgăraș and Sibiu, to the east by the counties Muscel and Dâmbovița, and to the south by the counties Teleorman and Vlașca.

Administration

Map of Argeș County as constituted in 1938.

The county was originally (to 1925) divided administratively into five districts (plăși):[5]

  1. Plasa Argeș, headquartered at Curtea de Argeș
  2. Plasa Dâmbovnic, headquartered at
    Rociu
  3. Plasa Oltul, headquartered at
    Jiblea Veche
  4. Plasa Teleorman, headquartered at
    Costești
  5. Plasa Uda, headquartered at Uda

Subsequently, Plasa Uda was divided into two districts, and some territory was transferred from Plasa Oltul:

  1. Plasa Cuca, headquartered at Cuca, which town was formerly in Plasa Oltul
  2. Plasa Pitești, headquartered at Pitești

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 257,378 inhabitants, out of which 97.6% were ethnic Romanians.[6] From the religious point of view, the population was 99.1% Eastern Orthodox, 0.3% Roman Catholic, 0.3% Jewish, as well as other minorities.

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 26,341 inhabitants, comprising 90.4% Romanians, 2.2% Jews, 2.0% Hungarians, 1.7% Romanies, 1.1% Germans, as well as other minorities.[6] From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 93.0% Eastern Orthodox, 2.4% Roman Catholic, 2.4% Jewish, 0.7% Reformed, 0.7% Lutheran, as well as other minorities.

References

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  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
  2. ^ a b "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002" Archived 22 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  5. ^ Portretul României Interbelice – Județul Argeș
  6. ^ a b Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 16-17
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