Mioveni () is a town 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 ...

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, approximately north-east of

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 ...

. , it had a population of 29,317. The town administers four villages: Clucereasa, Colibași, Făgetu, and Racovița.

History

Mioveni was first mentioned in a written record in 1485. It developed much in the 1970s after the construction of the

Automobile Dacia S.C. Automobile Dacia S.A., commonly known as Dacia (), is a Romanian car manufacturer that takes its name from the historical region that constitutes present-day Romania. The company was established in 1966. In 1999, after 33 years, the Roman ...

manufacturing plant, inaugurated in 1968. There is also a Nuclear Research Institute, that builds components and materials for the

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, and a high security prison. It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the

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. Prior to April 1989, when it was declared a town, the place was a commune under the name of ''Colibași''. In 1996, the historic name of Mioveni was revived, although the old village had been completely razed under the

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in order to make way for new urban construction.

Economy

is headquartered in the town. The company's single plant here has a production capacity of 350,000 vehicles per year.

Sports

Its

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team, CS Mioveni (formerly ''Dacia Mioveni'') has played four seasons in the Romanian first league: in 2007–08, 2011–12, 2021–22 and 2022–23. They also reached the semifinals of the 2007–08 Romanian Cup. Stadionul Orășenesc (which opened in 2000) is the home ground for the Mioveni team.

Natives

* Andrei Panait

Twin cities

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External links

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