Găești () is a town in

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (; also spelt Dîmbovița) is a county () of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It is a traditional administra ...

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with a population of 12,583 as of 2021.

History

The name of the town comes from a family of nobles (

boyars A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russian nobility, Russia), Boyars of Moldavia and Wallach ...

) who owned most of the lands on which the town is now situated. Their name was Găești. It was first mentioned on 19 July 1498 during the rule of Radu cel Mare, the son of

Vlad Călugărul Vlad IV Călugărul ("Vlad IV the Monk"; prior to 1425 – September 1495) was the Prince of Wallachia in 1481 and then from 1482 to 1495. Context of his reign His father Vlad Dracul had previously held the throne, as had his brothers Mircea II ...

, who donated the land around Găești to the Monastery of Râncăciov. In 1807, most of the buildings of Găești were destroyed by a fire, then in 1812, it was hit by the plague.

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Găești had a population of 12 583. At the census conducted in 2011, the town had 13,317 inhabitants, the majority of whom were

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

(93.41%), with a minority of

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(1.71%); for 4.68% of the population, the ethnicity was unknown. Most of the inhabitants are Orthodox (93.97%).

Economy

Arctic S.A. company is headquartered in the town.

Natives

* Victor Bădulescu (1892–1953), economist * Florentin Cruceru (born 1981), footballer * Paraschiva Iubu (1920–2011), architect * Marius Martac (born 1991), footballer * (1944–2004), accordion musician * Călin Petrișor (born 1998), kickboxer * Mihai Popescu (born 1985), handballer * Cristian Ristea (born 1992), kickboxer *

Florin Tănase Florin Lucian Tănase (; born 30 December 1994) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward or an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for Liga I club FCSB a ...

(born 1994), footballer *

Gheorghe Zamfir Gheorghe Zamfir (; born April 6, 1941) is a Romanian nai (pan flute) musician. Zamfir is known for playing an expanded version of normally 20-pipe nai, with 22, 25, 28 or even 30 pipes, to increase its range, and obtaining as many as eight ov ...

(born 1941), pan flute musician

Twin town

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, Hungary, ''since''

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External links

Town Hall

Cronica Găeștiului newspaper

Litere magazine

Găești guide

References

Towns in Romania Populated places in Dâmbovița County Localities in Muntenia {{Dâmboviţa-geo-stub