Argeș 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

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Argeș County
- **native name**: Județul Argeș
- **settlement type**: County
- **image skyline**: Vidraru Dam sep 2013 1.jpg
- **image caption**: Vidraru Lake and Dam in northern Argeș County
- **image shield**: COA Arges.svg
- **image map**: Arges in Romania.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Argeș County in Romania
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Development region<sup>1</sup>
- **subdivision name1**: Sud (development region), Sud
- **subdivision type2**: Historic region
- **subdivision name2**: Oltenia
- **subdivision type3**: Capital city (_Reședință de județ_)
- **subdivision name3**: Pitești
- **government type**: County Board
- **leader party**: Social Democratic Party (Romania), PSD
- **leader title**: President of the County Board
- **leader name**: Constantin Nicolescu
- **leader title1**: Prefect<sup>2</sup>
- **leader name1**: Cristian Soare
- **area total km2**: 6862
- **area rank**: List of Romanian counties by area, 10th in Romania
- **population as of**: 2011 census
- **population total**: 612,431
- **population rank**: List of Romanian counties by population, 10th in Romania
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Eastern European Time, EET
- **utc offset**: +2
- **timezone dst**: Eastern European Summer Time, EEST
- **utc offset dst**: +3
- **postal code type**: List of postal codes in Romania, Postal Code
- **postal code**: 11wxyz<sup>3</sup>
- **area code**: Romania telephone area codes, +40 x48<sup>4</sup>
- **blank name**: Romanian car number plates, Car Plates
- **blank info**: AG<sup>5</sup>
- **blank1 name**: GDP
- **blank1 info**: US$ 6.2 billion (_2008_)
- **blank2 name**: GDP/capita
- **blank2 info**: US$ 9,488 (_2008_)
- **footnotes**: <sup>1</sup>The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union.
<sup>2</sup> 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.
<sup>3</sup>w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address
<sup>4</sup>x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks
<sup>5</sup>used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, All-terrain vehicle, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county
- **website**: [http://www.cjarges.ro County Board]
[http://www.prefecturaarges.ro County Prefecture]
- **iso code**: RO-AG