Gorj County

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Gorj County
Facts
Development region:	Sud-Vest
Historic region:	Wallachia
Capital city:	Târgu Jiu
Population:  • As of 2002:  • Population density:	387,308 69/km²
Area:	5,602 km²
Codes:  • Car numbers  • ISO 3166-2:RO	GJ RO-GJ
Telephone code:	(+40) x53 (1)
Web:	County Council Prefecture
1. For the former state operator x is 2. For the alternate telephony operators, x is 3

Gorj (IPA: [gorʒ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Târgu Jiu.

Contents 1 Neighbours 2 Demographics 3 Geography 4 Economy 5 Tourism 6 Administrative divisions 6.1 Municipalities 6.2 Towns 6.3 Communes 7 References

[edit] Neighbours

• Vâlcea County in the East.
• Mehedinţi County and Caraş-Severin County in the West.
• Hunedoara County in the North.
• Dolj County in the South.

[edit] Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 387,308 and the population density was 69/km².

• Romanians - over 98%^[1]
• Rromas, others.

Year	County population[2]
1948	280,524
1956	293,031
1966	298,382
1977	348,521
1992	401,021
2002	387,308

[edit] Geography

This county has a total area of 5,602 km².

The North side of the county consists of various mountains from the Southern Carpathians group. In the West there are the Vulcanului Mountains, and in the East there are the Parâng Mountains and the Negoveanu Mountains. The two groups are splited by the Jiu River.

To the South, the heights decrease through the hills to a high plain at the Western end of the Romanian Plain.

The main river, which collects all the smaller rivers, is the Jiu River.

[edit] Economy

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Mining equipment industry.
• Food and beverages industry.
• Textile industry.
• Mechanical components industry.
• Glass industry.
• Wood industry.

In the North of the county coal is extracted, near Motru and Rovinari. There are two big thermo electrical power plants at Rovinari and Turceni, and some hydro-electrical power plants. The county is the biggest electricity producer in Romania with 36% af the country's electricity.

Due to the decrease in mining activity the county has one of the greatest unemployement levels in the country.

[edit] Tourism

The main turistical destinations are:

• The city and the area around Târgu Jiu:
  • The Brâncuşi monuments.
  • The Tismana Monastery.
• The Parâng Mountains.
• The Polovragi Monastery.

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has 2 municipalities, 6 towns and 62 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

• Târgu Jiu - capital city; population: over 100,000 in 2004.
• Motru

[edit] Towns

in descending order of size

• Rovinari
• Bumbeşti-Jiu
• Târgu Cărbuneşti
• Turceni
• Tismana
• Novaci
• Ţicleni

[edit] Communes

Albeni Alimpeşti Aninoasa Arcani Baia de Fier Bălăneşti Băleşti Bărbăteşti Bengeşti

Berleşti Bâlteni Bolboşi Borăscu Brăneşti Bumbeşti-Piţic Bustuchin Câlnic Căpreni

Cătunele Ciuperceni Crasna Cruşeţ Dănciuleşti Dăneşti Drăgoteşti Drăguţeşti Fărcăşeşti

Glogova Godineşti Hurezani Ioneşti Jupâneşti Leleşti Licurici Logreşti Mătăsari

Muşeteşti Negomir Padeş Peştişani Plopşoru Polovragi Prigoria Roşia de Amaradia Runcu

Săcelu Samarineşti Săuleşti Schela Scoarţa Slivileşti Stăneşti Stejari Stoina

Ţânţăreni Teleşti Turburea Turcineşti Urdari Văgiuleşti Vladimir

[edit] References

	Counties of Romania
Alba | Arad | Argeş | Bacău | Bihor | Bistriţa-Năsăud | Botoşani | Braşov | Brăila | Buzău | Caraş-Severin | Călăraşi | Cluj | Constanţa | Covasna | Dâmboviţa | Dolj | Galaţi | Giurgiu | Gorj | Harghita | Hunedoara | Ialomiţa | Iaşi | Ilfov | Maramureş | Mehedinţi | Mureş | Neamţ | Olt | Prahova | Satu Mare | Sălaj | Sibiu | Suceava | Teleorman | Timiş | Tulcea | Vaslui | Vâlcea | Vrancea