Concești is a

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. It is composed of two villages, Concești and Movileni. At the 2002 census, the commune had 2063 people, of whom 99.9% were

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; 89.6% were

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and 9.1%

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. The main occupation of the inhabitants is agriculture (growing plants like corn, potatoes, and livestock such as cows, sheep, rabbits and fowl, including ducks and chickens). Some of the people of Concești work in the factories in

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which provides them with some extra money. A significant portion of the commune's youth went to work abroad in countries like

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and

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starting in the 1990s. An elaborate

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silver

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found in the area is now in the

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* Florin Pavlovici

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