Argeş County

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Argeş
Landscape in Argeş County
Coat of arms
Image:Arges.svg
Country
Development region1	Sud
Historic region	Greater Wallachia
Capital city (Resedinţă de judeţ)	Piteşti
Government
- Type	County Board
- President of the County Board	Constantin Nicolescu (Social Democratic Party)
- Prefect2	Ion Popa
Area
- County (Judeţ)	6,862 km²  (2,649.4 sq mi)
Population (2002)
- County (Judeţ)	652,625
- 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	5
Website: County Board County Prefecture

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 Main sights 3 Divisions 3.1 Municipalities 3.2 Towns 3.3 Communes

[change] Geography

This county has a total area of 6,862 km².^{[needs proving]}

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

[change] Main sights

The main sights of Argeş 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.

[change] Divisions

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

[change] Municipalities

• Piteşti
• Câmpulung
• Curtea de Argeş

[change] Towns

• Mioveni
• Costeşti
• Topoloveni
• Ştefăneşti

[change] 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