Argeș County facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Argeș County Județul Argeș
County
Vidraru Lake and Dam in northern Argeș County
Coat of arms
Location of Argeș County in Romania
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud
Historic region	Muntenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)	Pitești
Government
• Type	County Board
Area
• Total	6,862 km2 (2,649 sq mi)
Area rank	10th in Romania
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	612,431
• Rank	10th in Romania
• Density	89.250/km2 (231.155/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	11wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x484
ISO 3166 code	RO-AG
Car Plates	AG5
GDP	US$ 6.2 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 9,488 (2008)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
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

Argeș is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Wallachia. The capital of Argeș County is Piteşti.

Geography

This county has a total area of 6,862 km².

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

Main sights

The main sights of Argeș 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.

Divisions

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

Municipalities

• Piteşti
• Câmpulung
• Curtea de Argeş

Towns

• Mioveni
• Costeşti
• Topoloveni
• Ştefăneşti

Communes

Images for kids

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  Landscape in central and southern Argeș County

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  Ruins of the medieval princely court in Curtea de Argeș

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  1715 coat of arms of Argeș, Teleorman and Mehedinți counties on the frontispice of the Antim Monastery

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  Map of Argeș County as constituted in 1938.

See also

In Spanish: Distrito de Argeș para niños