Giurgiu County

Giurgiu County Județul Giurgiu

County

Coordinates: 44°10′N 25°54′E/44.16°N 25.9°E/ 44.16; 25.9

CountryRomania

Development region 1Sud

Historic regionMuntenia

Capital city ( Reședință de județ )Giurgiu

Created1981

Government

• TypeCounty Council

• President of the County CouncilDumitru Beianu[ro] (PNL)

• Prefect 2Florentina Stănculescu[ro]

Area

• Total3,526 km2 (1,361 sq mi)

• Rank40th in Romania

Population (2021-12-01)

• Total262,066

• Rank38th in Romania

• Density74.32/km2 (192.5/sq mi)

Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

• Summer ( DST )UTC+3 (EEST)

Postal Code08wxyz3

Area code+40 x464

Car PlatesGR5

GDPUS$1.657 billion (2015)

GDP/ capitaUS$6,242 (2015)

Website

1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and is banned from any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionary corps 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or even the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utility vehicles, ATVs, etc.), and the ones used outside the county

Giurgiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdʒjurdʒju] ⓘ) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Giurgiu.

Demographics

In 2011, it had a population of 265,494 and the population density was 75.3/km2 (195.0/sq mi).

Romanians – 96%
Romani – 3.9%
Unknown – 0.1%

Year	County population
1948	313,793
1956	325,045
1966	320,120
1977	327,494
1992	313,084
2002	297,859
2011	265,494
2021	262,066

Geography

This county has a total area of 3,526 km2 (1,361 sq mi). It is the second-smallest county in Romania, right after the neighboring Ilfov County.

The county is situated on a plain – the Southern part of the Wallachian Plain. The landscape is flat, crossed by small rivers. The southern part is the valley of the Danube which forms the border with Bulgaria. In the North, the Argeș River and Dâmbovița River flow.