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Argeș County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Pitești.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, the county had a population of 569,932 and the population density was . At the 2011 census, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was .

Romanians – 97%
Roma (Gypsies) and other ethnic groups – 3%

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| Social Democratic Party (PSD)

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| National Liberal Party (PNL)

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| United Right Alliance (ADU)

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| Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR)

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Administrative divisions

thumb|right|200px|Ruins of the medieval princely court in [[Curtea de Argeș]]

thumb|200px|right|Heroes' Gate in [[Pitești]]

thumb|right|100px|1715 coat of arms of Argeș, [[Teleorman County|Teleorman and Mehedinți counties on the frontispice of the Antim Monastery]]

Argeș County has 3 cities, 4 towns, and 95 communes:

Municipalities
Câmpulung
Curtea de Argeș
Pitești – county seat; population: 141,275 (as of 2021)
Towns
Costești
Mioveni
Ștefănești
Topoloveni

Communes
Albeștii de Argeș
Albeștii de Muscel
Albota
Aninoasa
Arefu
Băbana
Băiculești
Bălilești
Bârla
Bascov
Beleți-Negrești
Berevoești
Bogați
Boteni
Boțești
Bradu
Brăduleț
Budeasa
Bughea de Jos
Bughea de Sus
Buzoești
Căldăraru
Călinești
Căteasca
Cepari
Cetățeni
Cicănești
Ciofrângeni
Ciomăgești
Cocu
Corbeni
Corbi
Coșești
Cotmeana
Cuca
Dâmbovicioara
Dârmanești
Davidești
Dobrești
Domnești
Drăganu
Dragoslavele
Godeni
Hârsești
Hârtiești
Izvoru
Leordeni
Lerești
Lunca Corbului
Mălureni
Mărăcineni
Merișani
Micești
Mihăești
Mioarele
Miroși
Morărești
Moșoaia
Mozăceni
Mușătești
Negrași
Nucșoara
Oarja
Pietroșani
Poiana Lacului
Poienarii de Argeș
Poienarii de Muscel
Popești
Priboieni
Râca
Rătești
Recea
Rociu
Rucăr
Sălătrucu
Săpata
Schitu Golești
Slobozia
Stâlpeni
Ștefan cel Mare
Stoenești
Stolnici
Șuici
Suseni
Teiu
Tigveni
Țițești
Uda
Ungheni
Valea Danului
Valea Iașului
Valea Mare-Pravăț
Vedea
Vlădești
Vulturești

Historical county

The county was located in the central-southern part of the Greater Romania, in the western part of the historic Muntenia region. Its territory comprised a large part of the current county, and a piece of the western part of the present Vâlcea County. It was bordered on the west by the counties of Olt and Vâlcea, to the north by the counties Făgăraș and Sibiu, to the east by the counties Muscel and Dâmbovița, and to the south by the counties Teleorman and Vlașca.

Administration

thumb|right|350px|Map of Argeș County as constituted in 1938.

The county was originally (to 1925) divided administratively into five districts (plăși):

Plasa Argeș, headquartered at Curtea de Argeș
Plasa Dâmbovnic, headquartered at Rociu
Plasa Oltul, headquartered at Jiblea Veche
Plasa Teleorman, headquartered at Costești
Plasa Uda, headquartered at Uda

Subsequently, Plasa Uda was divided into two districts, and some territory was transferred from Plasa Oltul:<ol start="5">

<li>Plasa Cuca, headquartered at Cuca, which town was formerly in Plasa Oltul</li>

<li>Plasa Pitești, headquartered at Pitești</li>

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Population

According to the 1930 census data, the county population was 257,378 inhabitants, out of which 97.6% were ethnic Romanians. From the religious point of view, the population was 99.1% Eastern Orthodox, 0.3% Roman Catholic, 0.3% Jewish, as well as other minorities.

Urban population

In 1930, the county's urban population was 26,341 inhabitants, comprising 90.4% Romanians, 2.2% Jews, 2.0% Hungarians, 1.7% Romanies, 1.1% Germans, as well as other minorities.