Gorj County

Gorj (IPA: [gorʒ]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Oltenia. The capital is Târgu Jiu.

County (Judeţ)
Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Coordinates: 44.9610°N 23.2094°E / 44.9610; 23.2094
Country	Romania
Development region1	Sud-Vest
Historic region	Lesser Wallachia
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 (2,163 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	387,308
• Density	69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	21wxyz3
Car Plates	GJ5
Website	County Board County Prefecture

Geography

Gorj county has an area of 5,602 km². The main river, which collects all the smaller rivers, is the Jiu River.

Divisions

Gorj County has 2 municipalities, 6 towns and 61 communes.

Municipalities

• Târgu Jiu – capital city; population: over 100,000 in 2004.
• Motru

Towns

in descending order of size

• Rovinari
• Bumbeşti-Jiu
• Târgu Cărbuneşti
• Turceni
• Tismana
• Novaci
• Ţicleni

Communes

Albeni Alimpeşti Aninoasa Arcani Baia de Fier Bălăneşti Băleşti Bărbăteşti Bengeşti

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

Gorj County Media

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  Wooden church in Slăvuța, Gorj County

• Monumentul lui Tudor Vladimirescu, Târgu Jiu img0571.jpg

  Tudor Vladimirescu monument in Târgu Jiu

• Raul Gilort la Targu Carbunesti (1).JPG

  Gilort river in Târgu Cărbunești

• 1938 map of interwar county Gorj.jpg

  Map of Gorj County as constituted in 1938.