Muscel County is a former first-order administrative district of Romania. It was located in the southern central part of

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, in the northwestern part of the historic region of Muntenia. Its territory is now mostly part of Argeș County, while some communes ( Malu cu Flori, Pucheni and Văleni-Dâmbovița) now belong to

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. The county seat was Câmpulung. The county was bordered on the west by Argeș County, to the north by the counties of

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and

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, and to the east by

. In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly-formed Ținutul Argeș, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of

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's regime - only to be abolished on 6 September 1950 by the

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Administrative organization

Administratively, Muscel County was originally divided into two districts ('' plăși''):Portretul României Interbelice - Județul Muscel
/ref> #Plasa Podgoria #Plasa Radu-Negru Subsequently a third district was established:

Plasa Râul Doamnei

By 1938, the county was divided administratively into six districts: #Plasa Argeșel #Plasa Dâmbovița #Plasa Podgoria #Plasa Râul Doamnei #Plasa Râurile #Plasa Golești

Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 149,797 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 97.1% Romanians, 2.3% Romanies, 0.2% Hungarians, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, 99.3% Orthodox, 0.3% Roman Catholic, as well as other minorities.

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 13,868 inhabitants, ethnically divided as follows: 95.4% Romanians, 1.2% Hungarians, 0.9% Romanies, 0.5% Germans, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was composed of 95.8% Eastern Orthodox, 2.2% Roman Catholic, 0.6% Reformed (Calvinist), 0.4% Evangelical (Lutheran), 0.3% Baptist, 0.2% Greek Catholic, as well as other minorities.

Industry

A paper factory (''Câmpulungul S. A.'') functioned within the county seat, the town of Câmpulung, as of 1931.H. T. Montague Bell, Near East, Limited, 1931, ''The Near East Year Book and Who's who: A Survey of the Affairs, Political, Economic and Social, of Yugoslavia, Roumania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey'', p. 564

References

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Muscel County on memoria.ro
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