| Argeș County | |
| Native Name: | Județul Argeș |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Development region1 |
| Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Capital city (Reședință de județ) |
| Government Type: | County Council |
| Leader Title: | President of the County Council |
| Leader Title1: | Prefect2 |
| Area Total Km2: | 6862 |
| Coordinates: | 45°N 24.82°W |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code: | 11wxyz3 |
| Area Code: | +40 x484 |
| Blank Info: | AG5 |
| Blank1 Name: | GDP |
| Blank1 Info: | US$4.763 billion (2015) |
| Blank2 Info: | US$7,780 (2015) |
| Footnotes: | 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 |
| Website: | County Council County Prefecture |
| Iso Code: | RO-AG |
Argeș County (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈardʒeʃ/) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești.
At the 2021 census, the county had a population of 569,932 and the population density was . At the 2011 census, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was .[1]
| Year | County population[2] | |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 448,964 | |
| 1956 | 483,741 | |
| 1966 | 529,833 | |
| 1977 | 631,918 | |
| 1992 | 680,574 | |
| 2002 | 652,625 | |
| 2011 | 612,431 | |
| 2021 | 569,932 |
This county has a total area of . 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, 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.
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 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.
The main tourist destinations are:
The Argeș County Council, renewed at the 2020 local elections, consists of 34 counsellors, with the following party composition:[3]
| Party | Seats | Current County Council | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party (PSD) | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| National Liberal Party (PNL) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Save Romania Union (USR) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| PRO Romania (PRO) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Argeș County has 3 cities, 4 towns, and 95 communes:
| Official Name: | Județul Argeș |
| Settlement Type: | County (Județ) |
| Subdivision Type2: | Historic region |
| Subdivision Type3: | Capital city (Reședință de județ) |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Title2: | Ceased to exist |
| Area Total Km2: | 4216 |
| Population As Of: | 1930 |
| Population Total: | 259305 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
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.
The county was originally (to 1925) divided administratively into five districts (plăși):[4]
Subsequently, Plasa Uda was divided into two districts, and some territory was transferred from Plasa Oltul:
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 257,378 inhabitants, out of which 97.6% were ethnic Romanians.[5] 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.
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.[5] 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.