Călinești () is a commune in

Argeș County Argeș County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Pitești. Demographics At the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, the county had a population of 569,932 and the population density was . At the 2011 Ro ...

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 rarely used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in Ro ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It is composed of twelve villages: Călinești, Ciocănești, Cârstieni, Glodu, Gorganu, Radu Negru, Râncăciov, Udeni-Zăvoi, Urlucea, Valea Corbului, Văleni-Podgoria, and Vrănești.

History

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, many soldiers from Călinești served in the Romanian Army; 84 of them were killed in action.Presentation
at the Argeș County Council site

Natives

Robert Geantă Robert Mihai Geantă (born 7 April 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed ...

(born 1997), footballer *

Adrian Mutu Adrian Mutu (; born 8 January 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. During his playing career, he was deployed as a forward or an attacking midfielder. Mutu started his career playing two years for Argeș Pite� ...

(born 1979), football manager and former player *

Ion Vlădoiu Ion "Jean" Vlădoiu (born 5 November 1968) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently assistant coach of Liga I club Unirea Slobozia. He is one of the few who played for the biggest teams of Romania – S ...

(born 1968), footballer

References

Communes in Argeș County Localities in Muntenia {{Argeș-geo-stub