Bumbești-Jiu () is a town in

Gorj County Gorj County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gor(no)-'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”). Demographics In 2011, the county had a ...

Oltenia Oltenia (, also called Lesser Wallachia in antiquated versions, with the alternative Latin names ''Wallachia Minor'', ''Wallachia Alutana'', ''Wallachia Caesarea'' between 1718 and 1739) is a historical province and geographical region of Romania ...

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, on the river Jiu. It administers four villages: Curtișoara, Lăzărești, Pleșa and Tetila. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the

Romanian rural systematization program The Romanian rural systematization program was a social engineering program undertaken by Nicolae Ceaușescu's Romania primarily at the end of the 1980s. The legal framework for this program was established as early as 1974, but it only began in ...

. The town features the

Lainici Monastery The Lainici Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox monastery located from Târgu Jiu. History First mention of this monastery was in 14th century. The monastery was constructed during the reign of John Caradja Voivode between 1812 and 1817. Gallery ...

, the Vișina Monastery (built in 1418), and a "Village Museum".

Natives

* Dorin Arcanu *

Corina Peptan Corina-Isabela Peptan (born March 17, 1978) is a Romanian chess player holding the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She was world girls' champion in several age categories: Under 10 in Timișoara 1988, Under 12 in ...

Dan Vîlceanu Dan Vîlceanu (born February 5, 1979) is a Romanian deputy, elected in 2016. On 25 November 2021, he was sworn in as Minister of Investments and European Projects in the Ciucă Cabinet. Between 2006 and 2009 Dan Vîlceanu was the leader of th ...

References

Towns in Romania Populated places in Gorj County Localities in Oltenia Monotowns in Romania {{Gorj-geo-stub