Câmpulung

Campulung
Langenau

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Great Wallachia

Circle :

Argeș

Coordinates :

45 ° 17 ' N , 25 ° 3' E Coordinates: 45 ° 16 '30 " N , 25 ° 3' 0" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

600 m

Residents :

31,767 (October 20, 2011)

Postal code :

115100

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 48

License plate :

AG

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

Municipality

Structure :

1 District / cadastral municipality: Valea Rumâneștilor

Mayor :

Ioan Liviu Țăroiu ( PSD )

Postal address :

Negru Vodă Street, No. 127
loc. Câmpulung, jud. Arges, RO-115100

Website :

www.primariacampulung.ro

Câmpulung ([ kɨmpuˈluŋɡ ], pronunciation ^?^/^I , German Langenau ) is a city in Romania , which is located in the Argeș district (in northern Wallachia ) and in 2011 had about 31,800 inhabitants. Unofficially, the city is sometimes called Câmpulung-Muscel after the region around it to distinguish it from other places of the same name .

Geographical location

The city is located along a remote range of hills south of the Carpathian peaks , at the beginning of a long and wooded valley aisle of the Târgului River , a tributary of the Argeș , at an altitude of about 600 m . The pure air and the shape of the landscape make Câmpulung a popular summer excursion destination.

The Drum național 73 runs through Câmpulung , a traffic connection in the Törzburg Pass, 36 kilometers to the north, to Transylvania . From the city the national road DN73 leads south to Piteşti and further north the Drum național 72A leads to Târgovişte .

history

Transylvanian-Saxon settlers played a crucial role in founding the city . They called the city Langenau (lat. Campus Longus ). The Transylvanian-Saxon community was able to hold its own until the end of the 17th century. The Catholic Church ( Bărăția ) from the 13th century was built by them. Câmpulung was the first capital of the medieval principality of Wallachia in the 13th century, followed by Curtea de Argeș in the 14th century. There are more than 20 churches in the city. There is also a monastery and cathedral, both founded in the 13th century by Radu I , the first prince of Wallachia .

sons and daughters of the town

Dumitru Mirea (1864, 1868 or 1870–1942), sculptor
Dan Barbilian (1895–1961), mathematician and writer
Anca Heltne (* 1978), track and field athlete
Elena Panțuroiu (* 1995), athlete

Web links

Commons : Câmpulung - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alexandru Ciocîltan - Identitatea comunităţii germane din Câmpulung Muscel în secolele XIII – XVIII (Romanian)

Individual evidence

↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[1] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)