Gorj County

Gorj
—  Country (Judeţ)  —
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud-Vest
Historic region	Oltenia
Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ)	Târgu Jiu
Government
- Type	County Board
- President of the County Board	Ion Călinoiu
- Prefect2	Ştefan-Marian Popescu-Bejat
Area
- Total	5,602 km2 (2,162.9 sq mi)
Area rank	21st in Romania
Population (2002)
- Total	387,308
- Rank	28th in Romania
- Density	69/km2 (178.7/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	21wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x534
Car Plates	GJ5
GDP	US$ 3.72 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 9.599 (2008)
GDP/capita rank
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1 The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from having any political activity in the first six months after his resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries' corps. 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Gorj (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡorʒ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu.

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 387,308 and its population density was 69/km².

• Romanians – over 98%^[1]
• Rromas, others.

Year	County population[2]
1948	280,524
1956	293,031
1966	298,382
1977	348,521
1992	401,021
2002	387,308

Geography

This county has a total area of 5,602 km².

The North side of the county consists of various mountains from the Southern Carpathians group. In the West there are the Vulcanului Mountains, and in the East there are the Parâng Mountains and the Negoveanu Mountains. The two groups are split by the Jiu River.

To the South, the heights decrease through the hills to a high plain at the Western end of the Romanian Plain.

The main river, which collects all the smaller rivers, is the Jiu River.

Neighbours

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• Vâlcea County in the East.
• Mehedinţi County and Caraş-Severin County in the West.
• Hunedoara County in the North.
• Dolj County in the South.

Economy

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Mining equipment industry.
• Food and beverages industry.
• Textile industry.
• Mechanical components industry.
• Glass industry.
• Wood industry.

In the North of the county coal is extracted, near Motru and Rovinari. There are two big thermo electrical power plants at Rovinari and Turceni, and some hydro-electrical power plants. The county is the biggest electricity producer in Romania with 36% af the country's electricity.

Due to the decrease in mining activity, the county has one of the highest unemployment levels in the country.

Tourism

Wooden church in Slăvuţa, Gorj county

The main touristical destinations are:

• The city and the area around Târgu Jiu:
  • The Brâncuşi monuments.
  • The Tismana Monastery.
• The Parâng Mountains.
• The Polovragi Monastery.

Administrative divisions

Gorj County has 2 municipalities, 7 towns and 61 communes

• Municipalities
  • Motru- population: 22,848 (as of 2002)
  • Târgu Jiu – capital city; population: 101,562 (as of 2002)

Towns Bumbeşti-Jiu Novaci Rovinari

Târgu Cărbuneşti Ţicleni

Tismana Turceni

Communes Albeni Alimpeşti Aninoasa Arcani Baia de Fier Bălăneşti Băleşti Bărbăteşti Bengeşti-Ciocadia Berleşti Bâlteni

Bolboşi Borăscu Brăneşti Bumbeşti-Piţic Bustuchin Câlnic Căpreni Cătunele Ciuperceni Crasna

Cruşeţ Dănciuleşti Dăneşti Drăgoteşti Drăguţeşti Fărcăşeşti Glogova Godineşti Hurezani Ioneşti

Jupâneşti Leleşti Licurici Logreşti Mătăsari Muşeteşti Negomir Padeş Peştişani Plopşoru

Polovragi Prigoria Roşia de Amaradia Runcu Săcelu Samarineşti Săuleşti Schela Scoarţa Slivileşti

Stăneşti Stejari Stoina Ţânţăreni Teleşti Turburea Turcineşti Urdari Văgiuleşti Vladimir

References

1. ^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia după etnie"
2. ^ National Institute of Statistics, "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 şi 2002"

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