| Argeș | |||
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| — County (Județ) — | |||
| Vidraru lake, northern Argeş County | |||
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| Country | Romania | ||
| Development region1 | Sud | ||
| Historic region | Muntenia | ||
| Capital city (Resedință de județ) | Pitești | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | County Board | ||
| • President of the County Board | Constantin Nicolescu (Social Democratic Party) | ||
| • Prefect2 | Marcel Proca | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 6,862 km2 (2,649.4 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 10th in Romania | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| • Total | 652,625 | ||
| • Rank | 10th in Romania | ||
| • Density | 95/km2 (246/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal Code | 11wxyz3 | ||
| Area code(s) | +40 x484 | ||
| Car Plates | AG5 | ||
| GDP | US$ 6.2 billion (2008) | ||
| GDP/capita | US$ 9,488 (2008) | ||
| Website | County Board County Prefecture |
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| 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 |
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Argeș (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈard͡ʒeʃ] ( listen)) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Wallachia, with the capital city at Pitești.
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In 2002, it had a population of 652,625 and the population density was 95/km².
| Year | County population[2] |
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| 1948 | 448,964 |
| 1956 | 483,741 |
| 1966 | 529,833 |
| 1977 | 631,918 |
| 1992 | 681,206 |
| 2002 | 652,625 |
This county has a total area of 6,862 km². The relief 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 Braşov, the Rucăr-Bran Passage. The heights decrease, and in the center there are the sub-carpathian hills, with heights around 800 m, crossed with very deep valleys. In the south there is the northern part of the Romanian 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.
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:
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 Argeş 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.
The main tourist destinations are:
Argeş County has 3 cities, 4 towns and 95 communes:
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