Mioveni

Mioveni
Town
Coat of arms
Mioveni Location of Mioveni
Coordinates:
Country	Romania
County	Argeş County
Status	Town
Government
• Mayor	Ion Georgescu (Social Democratic Party)
Area
• Total	50.79 km2 (19.61 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	35,889
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	http://www.primariamioveni.ro/

Mioveni (Romanian pronunciation: [mi.oˈvenʲ]) is a town in Argeş County, Romania, approximately 15 km (9 miles) north-east of Piteşti. As of 2002, it had a population of 35,849. The town administers four villages: Clucereasa, Colibaşi, Făgetu and Racoviţa.

Mioveni Orthodox Church

History

It was first mentioned in a written record in 1485. It developed much in the 1970s after the construction of the Automobile Dacia manufacturing plant, inaugurated in 1968. There is also a Nuclear Research Institute, that builds components and materials for the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, and a high security prison.

Prior to April 1989, when it was declared a town, the place was a commune under the name of Colibaşi. In 1996, the historic name of Mioveni was revived, although the old village had been completely razed under the Communist regime in order to make way for new urban construction.

Economy

Automobile Dacia is headquartered in the town.

Sports

Its football team, Dacia Mioveni, played in the Romanian first league until 2012.