Argeș County

This article is about Argeș County. For other information, see Arges.

Argeș (IPA: ['ar.ʤeʃ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Wallachia. The capital of Argeș County is Piteşti.

Argeș County Județul Argeș
County
Vidraru Lake and Dam in northern Argeș County
Coat of arms
Location of Argeș County in Romania
Coordinates: 45.0°N 24.82°E / 45.0; 24.82
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud
Historic region	Oltenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Pitești
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Constantin Nicolescu (PSD)
• Prefect2	Cristian Soare
Area
• Total	6,862 km2 (2,649 sq mi)
• Rank	10th in Romania
Population  (2011 census[1])
• Total	612,431
• Rank	10th in Romania
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	11wxyz3
Area code	+40 x484
ISO 3166 code	RO-AG
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 political 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

Geography

This county has a total area of 6,862 km².^[source?]

The main river that croses the county is the Argeș River. In the south, the main rivers are the Vedea River and the Teleorman River.

Main sights

The main sights of Argeș County include:

• 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.

Divisions

Argeș County has 3 municipalities, 4 towns and 95 communes.

Municipalities

• Piteşti
• Câmpulung
• Curtea de Argeş

Towns

• Mioveni
• Costeşti
• Topoloveni
• Ştefăneşti

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

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 Mihaeşti Mioarele Miroşi Morăreşti Moşoaia

Mozăceni Muşăteşti Negraşi Nucşoara Oarja Pietroşani Poiana Lacului Poienarii de Argeş Poienarii de Muscel Popeşti Priboieni Răteşti Recea Rociu Rucăr Sălătrucu 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

References

1. "Population at 20 October 2011" (in Romanian). INSSE. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}