Argeș County

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Argeș County (Template:IPA) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Pitești.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, the county had a population of 569,932 and the population density was Template:Pop density. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was Template:Pop density.<ref name="INSSER">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>

Year County population<ref>National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002" Template:Webarchive</ref><ref name="INSSER"/>
1948 448,964 Template:Steady
1956 483,741 Template:Increase
1966 529,833 Template:Increase
1977 631,918 Template:Increase
1992 680,574 Template:Increase
2002 652,625 Template:Decrease
2011 612,431 Template:Decrease
2021 569,932 Template:Decrease

Geography

Landscape in central and southern Argeș County

This county has a total area of Template:Cvt. The landforms can be split into 3 distinctive parts. In the north side there are the mountains, from the Southern Carpathians group – the Făgăraș Mountains with Moldoveanu Peak (2,544 m), Negoiu Peak (2,535 m) and Vânătoarea 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 Brașov, the Rucăr–Bran Pass. The heights decrease, and in the center there are the sub-carpathian hills, with heights around Template:Cvt, 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 Argeș 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

Economy

Template:Romanian counties map 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 Argeș 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

Curtea de Argeș Cathedral

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:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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

Administrative divisions

Ruins of the medieval princely court in Curtea de Argeș
Heroes' Gate in Pitești
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:

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Historical county

Template:Infobox settlement 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):<ref name=Memoria>Portretul României Interbelice – Județul Argeș</ref>

  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.<ref name=Rec_1930_16>Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pag. 16-17</ref> 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.<ref name=Rec_1930_16/> 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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