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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type                   = town
|county                 = Gorj
|population_total       = auto
|map_caption            = Location in Gorj County
|subdivisions           = 
|image_shield           = ROU_GJ_Bumbesti-Jiu_CoA.png
|image_map              = Bumbesti-Jiu jud Gorj.png
|leader_name            = Constantin Bobaru<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=14 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party           = PSD
|leader_term            = 2020&ndash;2024
|area_total_km2         = 210
|coordinates            = {{coord|45|10|43|N|23|22|53|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|website                = {{url|http://www.bumbesti-jiu.ro/}}
}}

'''Bumbești-Jiu''' ({{IPA|ro|bumˌbeʃtʲ ˈʒiw|-|Ro-Bumbești-Jiu.ogg}}) is a town in [[Gorj County]], [[Oltenia]], [[Romania]], on the river [[Jiu (river)|Jiu]]. It administers four villages: Curtișoara, Lăzărești, Pleșa and Tetila. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the [[Romanian rural systematization program]].
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1992 |11111
|2002 |11882
|2011 |8932
|2021 |7684
}}

The town features the [[Lainici Monastery]], the [[Vișina Monastery]] (built in 1418), and a "Village Museum".

==Natives==
* [[Dorin Arcanu]] (born 1970), footballer
* [[Corina Peptan]] (born 1978), chess player
* [[Dan Vîlceanu]] (born 1979), politician

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Bumbești-Jiu}}

{{Gorj County}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bumbesti-Jiu}}
[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Gorj County]]
[[Category:Localities in Oltenia]]
[[Category:Monotowns in Romania]]


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