Văleni is a

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Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (also spelt ''Dîmbovița'', ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It has an area o ...

, Muntenia,

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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 extremity of Dâmbovița County, from the county seat,

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 ...

, on the border with Argeș County. It lies on the banks of the river Mușcel, in a hilly area in the foothills of 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 Pr ...

. Văleni is crossed by the

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DJ723, which connects the valley of the river Dâmbovița and the national road with the valley of the river Argeș and .

History

At the end of the 19th century, Văleni was part of plasa Argeșel in

Muscel County Muscel County is a former first-order administrative district of Romania. It was located in the southern central part of Greater Romania, in the northwestern part of the historic region of Muntenia. Its territory is now mostly part of Argeș Coun ...

and included the villages of Lunca, Plopișoru, Văleni, and Vrăbiești, with a total population of 1,781 inhabitants. By 1925, the commune had 2,460 inhabitants and consisted of the single village of Văleni. Since in the same county there were two communes with the same name (the other one was in plasa Golești), the commune (which by now also contained the village of Mesteacăn) was renamed Văleni-Dâmbovița in 1931.

References

Communes in Dâmbovița County Localities in Muntenia {{Dâmboviţa-geo-stub