Popești, Argeș

Popești
Purcăreni village
Location in Argeș County
Popești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°27′30″N 25°07′12″E / 44.4583°N 25.1201°E / 44.4583; 25.1201
CountryRomania
CountyArgeș
Government
 • Mayor (2024–2028)Cornel Trîncă (PSD)
Elevation
134 m (440 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
1,600
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code
117590
Area code+(40) 248
Vehicle reg.AG
Websitewww.cjarges.ro/en/web/popesti

Popești is a commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Palanga, Popești, Purcăreni, and Slobozia. It also included Adunați, Bucov, and Râca villages until 2003, when these were split off to form Râca Commune.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2002 2,661—    
2011 2,191−17.7%
2021 1,600−27.0%
Source: Census data

At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 1,600; of those, 88.12% were Romanians.[2]

References

  1. ^ "2021 Romanian census". National Institute of Statistics. 1 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (in Romanian). INSSE. 31 May 2023.