District of Vâlcea

Location of the district of Vâlcea in Romania

Map of the district of Vâlcea

Coat of arms of the County of Vâlcea

Coat of arms of the Vâlcea district, at the time of Real Socialism

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

Vâlcea [ ˈvɨlt͜ʃe̯a ] is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the Wallachia region with the district capital Râmnicu Vâlcea . Its common abbreviation and the license plate are VL.

The county Valcea bordered to the north of the Sibiu county , in the East to the County of Arges , in the south-east and in the south to the Olt County , in the southwest of the Dolj County , in the west to the Gorj county and in the Northwest to the counties Hunedoara and Alba .

Demographics

In 2002 the Vâlcea County had 413,247 inhabitants and a population density of 72 inhabitants per km². Of these, 408,178 were Romanians , 3,955 Roma , 332 Hungarians , 136 Germans , 36 Turks , 33 Italians .

In 2011, the district had 371,714 inhabitants, thus a population density of 64 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of 5765 km², which corresponds to 2.41% of the area of Romania.

Located on the south side of the Southern Carpathians (Carpații Meridionali) , the Olt (Alt) river crosses the district over a length of approx. 130 kilometers in a north-south direction. The greater part of the district - west of the Olt River - is in Little Wallachia ; the part east of the Alt in the Great Wallachia . Ten reservoirs have been built along the Olt River in Vâlcea County. The largest reservoir is the Vidra reservoir ; this is located on the Lotru River in the northwest of the district. Furthermore, the Brădișor reservoir is located on Lotru between the Lotru and Căpățână mountains .

traffic

The European trunk road (Drum european) in the area of the district is:

European route 81 from Satu Mare via Aiud - Alba Iulia - Râmnicu Vâlcea - Piteşti to Bucharest .

National roads (drum național) on the territory of the district are:

National road DN67 from Râmnicu Vâlcea via Târgu Jiu to Drobeta Turnu Severin ( Kr. Mehedinți ).
National road DN64 from Râmnicu Vâlcea via Drăgășani to Caracal ( Kr. Olt ).

Railway routes on the territory of the district are:

cities and communes

The Vâlcea County officially consists of 608 localities. Of these, 11 have the status of a city , 78 that of a municipality and the rest are administratively assigned to cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality	Residents
Râmnicu Vâlcea	98,776
Drăgășani	17,871
Băbeni	08,451
Călimăneşti	07,622
Budeşti	05,694
Mihăeşti	06,443
Listen	06.263
Brezoi	06,022
Frânceşti	04,988
Bălceşti	04,864
Berbeşti	04,836
Bujoreni	04,410
Băile Olăneşti	04,186
(As of October 20, 2011)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Ethnic and religious composition in the 2002 census , accessed November 29, 2015.
↑ ^a ^b 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de

45.08 24.11Coordinates: 45 ° 5 ' N , 24 ° 7' E

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

[vz2011-2] 2011 census in Romania at citypopulation.de