Dâmbovița County (also spelt ''Dîmbovița'', ) is a county (
județ) of
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, in
Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...
, with the capital city at
Târgoviște
Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River.
Târgoviște was one of the ...
, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county.
It has an area of 4,054 km (1.7% of the country's area).
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 518,745 and the population density was 127/km
2. It is one of the most densely populated counties in Romania.
*
Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...
– 96%
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Roma (Gypsies) and
others – 4%
Name
The county is named after the
Dâmbovița River Dâmbovița can refer to these places in Romania:
* Dâmbovița County
* Dâmbovița (river)
* Dâmbovița Center
The Dâmbovița Center (also named Casa Radio) is an unfinished building in Bucharest, Romania, near Cotroceni, on the shore of ...
, which is a name of Slavic origin, derived from ''Дъб, dâmb'', meaning "oak", as it once flowed through the oak forests of the
Wallachian Plain
The Romanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Română) is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain ( sr, Vlaška nizija/Влашка низија). Part of the historical region of Wallachia, it ...
.
Geography
Dâmbovița county has a total area of 4,054 km
2.
The county's landscape has three main forms. In the north there are mountains from the
Southern Carpathians
The Southern Carpathians (also known as the Transylvanian Alps; ro, Carpații Meridionali ; hu, Déli-Kárpátok) are a group of mountain ranges located in southern Romania. They cover the part of the Carpathian Mountains located between the P ...
group – the
Bucegi Mountains and the
Leaotă Mountains
The Leaota Mountains are located in central Romania, north of the city Târgovişte. They are part of the Southern Carpathians group of the Carpathian Mountains, and have as neighbours the Bucegi Mountains to the east and Piatra Craiului
T ...
. In the center there are the sub-Carpathian hills and the southern area is part of the
Romanian Plain
The Romanian Plain ( ro, Câmpia Română) is located in southern Romania and the easternmost tip of Serbia, where it is known as the Wallachian Plain ( sr, Vlaška nizija/Влашка низија). Part of the historical region of Wallachia, it ...
.
The county's main river gives it its name: the
Dâmbovița River Dâmbovița can refer to these places in Romania:
* Dâmbovița County
* Dâmbovița (river)
* Dâmbovița Center
The Dâmbovița Center (also named Casa Radio) is an unfinished building in Bucharest, Romania, near Cotroceni, on the shore of ...
. Also the
Ialomița River Ialomița may refer to:
* Ialomița County - a county of Romania
* Ialomița River - a river of Southern Romania that rises from the Bucegi Mountains
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of ...
flows in the county's northern and eastern regions, while the
Argeș River
Arges or Argeș may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Romania
* Argeș County, a county in Muntenia, with its capital at Pitești
* Argeș Region, an administrative division from 1950 to 1952
* Argeș River, which flows through the Southern ...
flows in the south.
Neighbouring counties
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Ilfov County
Ilfov () is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of Communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like suburbs ...
and
Prahova County in the East.
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Argeș County in the West.
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Brașov County
Brașov County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș.
Name
In Hungarian, it is known ...
in the North.
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Teleorman County
Teleorman County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria.
The name ''Teleorman'' is of Cumanic ( Turkic) origin. It literally means ''crazy forest'' ...
and
Giurgiu County in the South.
Economy
One of the biggest steel factories in Romania is located In
Târgoviște
Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River.
Târgoviște was one of the ...
. Also,
oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...
is extracted and refined in the county.
The predominant industries in the county are:
*Metallurgical industry.
*Oil extraction equipment.
*Food industry.
*Home appliances.
*Textile industry.
*Chemical industry.
*Construction materials industry.
Tourism
The main tourist destinations are:
*The city of
Târgoviște
Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River.
Târgoviște was one of the ...
– the ancient capital of
Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...
.
*The
Pucioasa
Pucioasa () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Bela, Diaconești, Glodeni, Malurile, Miculești and Pucioasa-Sat.
The town is located on the middle course of the Ialomița River, north of Târgovi ...
Resort.
*The
Ialomița River Ialomița may refer to:
* Ialomița County - a county of Romania
* Ialomița River - a river of Southern Romania that rises from the Bucegi Mountains
The Bucegi Mountains (Romanian: ''Munții Bucegi'' ) are located in central Romania, south of ...
Valley –
Peștera Ialomicioarei.
Trivia
*
Glod, a small village in this area, was used to represent
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
in the filming of the
mockumentary
A mockumentary (a blend of ''mock'' and ''documentary''), fake documentary or docu-comedy is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
These productions are often used to analyze or comment on c ...
movie ''
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan''.
Politics
The Dâmbovița County Council, renewed at the
2020 local elections, consists of 34 counsellors, with the following party composition:
Administrative divisions
Dâmbovița County 2 municipalities, 5 towns and 82 communes
*Municipalities
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Moreni
Moreni () is a municipality in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 22,868. The city is in the eastern part of the county, on the border with Prahova County. It is located east of the county seat, Târgoviște, and about ...
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Târgoviște
Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River.
Târgoviște was one of the ...
– county seat; population: 79,610 (as of 2011)
*Towns
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Fieni
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Găești
Găești () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 12,767.
History
The name of the town comes from a family of nobles (boyars) who owned most of the lands on which the town is now situated. Their name was Găe ...
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Pucioasa
Pucioasa () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Bela, Diaconești, Glodeni, Malurile, Miculești and Pucioasa-Sat.
The town is located on the middle course of the Ialomița River, north of Târgovi ...
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Răcari
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Titu
Titu () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,658 .
Location
The town in located in the southern part of the county, in the center of the Wallachian Plain. It lies at a distance of from the county seat, T ...
*Communes
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Aninoasa
Aninoasa ( hu, Aninósza or ''Aninószabányatelep'') is a town in Hunedoara County in the Transylvania region of Romania. The town is located in Jiu Valley, which is a coal basin, and many of the towns residents are coal miners. Most of the ...
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Băleni
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Bărbulețu
Bărbulețu is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders ...
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Bezdead
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Bilciurești
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Braniștea
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Brănești
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Brezoaele
Brezoaele is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hunga ...
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Buciumeni
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Bucșani
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Butimanu
Butimanu is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bărbuceanu, Butimanu, Lucianca and Ungureni. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia.
Natives
* Constantin Prezan (1861–1943); a gene ...
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Cândești
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Ciocănești
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Cobia
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Cojasca
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Comișani
Comișani is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hunga ...
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Conțești
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Corbii Mari
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Cornățelu
Cornățelu is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 5,449 people. It is composed of five villages: Alunișu, Bolovani, Cornățelu, Corni, and Slobozia.
Natives
* Florica Petcu-Dospinescu
* Ilie Savu
Ilie S ...
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Cornești
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Costeștii din Vale
Costeștii din Vale is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Costeștii din Vale, Mărunțișu and Tomșani.
Natives
* (b. 1947), writer
*I. C. Vissarion
Iancu Constantin Vissarion (born Iancu Vi ...
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Crângurile
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Crevedia
Crevedia is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hunga ...
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Dărmănești
Dărmănești (; hu, Dormánfalva) is a town in eastern Romania, in Bacău County, in the valleys of the Trotuș and Uz rivers. The town is named after one of its leaders, "Dărman" and the earliest reference to the town is from the 16th centu ...
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Dobra
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Doicești
Doicești is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hunga ...
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Dragodana
Dragodana is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hunga ...
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Dragomirești
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Finta
Finta is a Brazilian sports equipment manufacturing company based in Sao Paulo. The company produces association football, football kit (association football), equipment, including football boot, boots, ball (association football), balls, goalkeep ...
**
Glodeni
Glodeni (; russian: Глодяны; pl, Głodziany; uk, Глодяни) is a city in the northwest of Moldova; it is the seat of Glodeni District. Its population as of 2012 was 11,600. One village, Stîrcea, is administered by the city.
Medi ...
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Gura Foii
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Gura Ocniței
Gura Ocniței is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Adânca, Gura Ocniței, Ochiuri and Săcueni.
Natives
* Mircea Drăgan
Mircea Drăgan (3 October 1932 – 31 October 2017) was a Romania ...
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Gura Șuții
Gura Șuții is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Gura Șuții and Speriețeni.
Geography
The commune is located in the central-southern area of the county, south of the county seat, Târgoviște, ...
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Hulubești
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I. L. Caragiale
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Iedera
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Lucieni
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Ludești
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Lungulețu
Lungulețu is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hun ...
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Malu cu Flori
Malu cu Flori is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 2,484 people as of 2021. It is composed of five villages: Capu Coastei, Copăceni, Malu cu Flori, Micloșanii Mari, and Micloșanii Mici.
Seven generals of t ...
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Mănești
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Mătăsaru
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Mogoșani
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Moroeni
Moroeni, also spelled Moroieni, is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukrai ...
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Morteni
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Moțăieni
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Niculești
Niculești is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hun ...
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Nucet
Nucet (; hu, Diófás) is a town in Bihor County, western Transylvania, Romania. Its name means "walnut trees" both in Romanian and Hungarian. It administers two villages, Băița (''Rézbánya'') and Băița-Plai.
The uranium-producing Băi ...
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Ocnița
Ocnița (; russian: Óкница) is a town and the administrative center of Ocnița District, Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered ...
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Odobești
Odobești () is a town in Vrancea County, Western Moldavia, Romania. The town administers one village, Unirea.
The town is located in the central part of the county, on the banks of the Milcov River, northwest of the county seat, Focșani
...
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Perșinari
Perșinari is a Communes of Romania, commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Perșinari. The commune was established in 2004, when the village was split off from Văcărești, Dâmbovița, Văcărești ...
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Pietrari
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Petrești
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Pietroșița
Pietroșița is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, H ...
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Poiana
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Potlogi
Potlogi is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 8,981 people. It is composed of five villages: Pitaru, Podu Cristinii, Potlogi, Românești, and Vlăsceni.
The commune lies in the Wallachian Plain, on the banks ...
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Produlești
Produlești is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hu ...
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Pucheni
Pucheni is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungar ...
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Raciu
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Răscăeți
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Răzvad
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Râu Alb
Râu Alb is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with 1500 inhabitants. It is composed of two villages, Râu Alb de Jos (the commune center) and Râu Alb de Sus. These were part of Bărbulețu Commune until 2004, when they were sp ...
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Runcu
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Sălcioara
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Slobozia Moară
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Șelaru, Dâmbovița
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Șotânga
Șotânga is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 6.880 people. It is composed of two villages, Șotânga and Teiș. The Șotânga Coal Mine was a local open-pit
Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or ...
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Tărtășești
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Tătărani
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Uliești
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Ulmi
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Văcărești
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Valea Lungă
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Valea Mare
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Văleni-Dâmbovița
Văleni is a commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 2,754 people. It is composed of two villages, Văleni-Dâmbovița (the commune center) and Mesteacăn.
Geography
The commune is located in the northwestern extremi ...
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Vârfuri
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Vișina
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Vișinești
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Vlădeni
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Voinești
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Vulcana-Băi
Vulcana-Băi is a Commune in Romania, commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 3,052 people. It is composed of three villages: Nicolaești, Vulcana-Băi and Vulcana de Sus.
The commune is located in the northern part o ...
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Vulcana-Pandele
Vulcana-Pandele is a Communes of Romania, commune in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Gura Vulcanei, Lăculețe-Gară, Toculești, and Vulcana-Pandele.
References
Communes in Dâmbovița County
Locali ...
Historical county
Historically, the county was located in the central-southern part of
Greater Romania
The term Greater Romania ( ro, România Mare) usually refers to the borders of the Kingdom of Romania in the interwar period, achieved after the Great Union. It also refers to a pan-nationalist idea.
As a concept, its main goal is the creation ...
, in the northern part of the historical region of
Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...
. The county included a large part of the present county. It was bordered to the west by the counties of
Muscel and
Argeș, to the north by
Brașov County
Brașov County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș.
Name
In Hungarian, it is known ...
, to the east by
Prahova County, and to the south by the counties of
Ilfov
Ilfov () is the county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of Communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, which act like subur ...
and
Vlașca.
Administration
The county was originally divided administratively into six districts (''
plăși''):
[Portretul României Interbelice - Județul Dâmbovița]
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#Plasa Finta, headquartered at Finta
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#Plasa Găești, headquartered at Găești
Găești () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 12,767.
History
The name of the town comes from a family of nobles (boyars) who owned most of the lands on which the town is now situated. Their name was Găe ...
#Plasa Pucioasa, headquartered at Pucioasa
Pucioasa () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Bela, Diaconești, Glodeni, Malurile, Miculești and Pucioasa-Sat.
The town is located on the middle course of the Ialomița River, north of Târgovi ...
#Plasa Târgoviște, headquartered at Târgoviște
Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River.
Târgoviște was one of the ...
#Plasa Titu, headquartered at Titu
Titu () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 9,658 .
Location
The town in located in the southern part of the county, in the center of the Wallachian Plain. It lies at a distance of from the county seat, T ...
#Plasa Voinești, headquartered at Voinești
Subsequently, the territory of the county was reorganized into eight districts by the abolition of Plasa Finta and the establishment of three new districts in its place:
#Plasa Bilciurești, headquartered at Bilciurești
#Plasa Bogați, headquartered at Bogați
Bogați is a commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to ...
#Plasa Ghergani, headquartered at Ghergani
Population
According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 309,676 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 96.9% Romanians, 2.1% Romanies, 0.2% Jews, 0.2% Hungarians, 0.1% Germans, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the population was 98.9% Eastern Orthodox, 0.3% Roman Catholic, 0.3% Jewish, 0.1% Adventist, 0.1% Greek Catholic, as well as other minorities.
Urban population
In 1930, the county's urban population was 33,398 inhabitants, comprising 63.2% Romanians, 2.0% Jews, 1.3% Romanies, 1.2% Hungarians, 0.5% Greeks, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 94.8% Eastern Orthodox, 2.1% Jewish, 1.5% Roman Catholic, 0.6% Greek Catholic, 0.3% Calvinist, 0.3% Lutheran, as well as other minorities.
References
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