Merișani 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 ...

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. It is composed of nine villages: Borlești, Brăteasca, Capu Piscului, Crâmpotani, Dobrogostea, Malu Vânăt, Merișani, Vărzaru, and Vâlcelele.

History

Humans have inhabited the area that now belongs to the commune since the

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

. In the

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, the oldest written evidence is from 1428. The church in Vărzaru village was built around 1620.

Location

The commune is situated in the centre of

, at about from the county seat,

Pitești Pitești () is a city in Romania, located on the river Argeș (river), Argeș. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated in th ...

, and to

Curtea de Argeș Curtea de Argeș () is a municipiu, city in Romania on the left bank of the river Argeș (river), Argeș, where it flows through a valley of the Southern Carpathians (the Făgăraș Mountains), on the railway from Pitești to the Turnu Roșu Pass ...

Geography

The commune is on the valley of the Argeș River, in a hilly region called ''Platforma Argeșului'' (the Argeș Platform), part of the Getic Plateau. The climate is temperate, with frequent rains. Winters are usually cold, with plenty of snow, while summers have a moderate heat.

Demographics

The official data from the 2002 Census shows that the total population is of 4,428 persons. The majority are

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, ...

(4,252 or 96%). The second ethnic group are the

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(171 or 4%). There are 5 people with other nationalities. However, the representants of the Romani community say that the Romani population is over 1,200 persons.

Transportation

The main way to get to Merișani is by car. There are a national road and several county roads. The railway is the other access way, but trains are very rare.

Economy

There are local resources, like oil, forests, and large lakes. There is also a camp that could help tourist development. Merișani is considered, however, the poorest commune in the county.

References

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