Argeș County

Location of the Argeș County in Romania

Map of Argeș County

Coat of arms of the Argeș County

Coat of arms of the Argeș County, at the time of Real Socialism

Coat of arms of the Argeș County, in the interwar period

Argeş [ ˈardʒeʃ ] ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ) is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the Wallachia region with the district capital Piteşti . Its common abbreviation and the license plate are AG.

The County of Arges, bordered to the north of the circles Brasov and Sibiu , in the east of the county Dambovita , in the south to the Teleorman county , in the west of the circles Olt and Valcea .

Demographics

At the 2002 census, the district had 652,625 inhabitants and a population density of 95 inhabitants per km². Of these, 642,256 were Romanians , 9,227 Roma , 322 Hungarians , 118 Germans , 87 Greeks , 71 Turks .

In 2011 the Argeș district had 612,431 inhabitants, thus a population density of 89 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of 6862 km², which corresponds to 2.88% of the area of Romania.

cities and communes

Status of the localities

The Argeș district officially consists of 586 localities, seven of which have the status of a city, 95 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality	Residents
Pitesti	155.383
Mioveni	031,998
Câmpulung ( German Langenau )	031,767
Curtea de Argeș (German Argish )	027,359
Ștefăneşti	014,541
Călineşti	010,872
Costeşti	010,375
Bascov	010,218
Topoloveni	010,211
(As of January 1, 2011)

Web links

Commons : Argeș County - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Argeș County Council website
Maps of the Argeș County: [1] ; [2]

Individual evidence

↑ Ethnic and religious composition in the 2002 census , accessed November 29, 2015.
↑ ^a ^b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)

[1] Ethnic and religious composition in the 2002 census , accessed November 29, 2015.

[vz2011-2] 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)