Găești

Găești (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡəˈ(j)eʃtʲ]) is a town in Dâmboviţa County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 16,598.

Găești
Town
Coat of arms
Location in Dâmbovița County
Găești
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 44°43′10″N 25°19′11″E
Country Romania
CountyDâmbovița
Government
 • MayorGrigore Gheorghe[1] (PNL)
Area
22.8 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
13,317
 • Density580/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.DB
Websitewww.primaria-gaesti.ro

History
Historical population
YearPop.±%
1912 3,990—    
1930 5,328+33.5%
1948 7,726+45.0%
1956 7,179−7.1%
1966 8,962+24.8%
1977 12,494+39.4%
1992 18,566+48.6%
2002 16,598−10.6%
2011 12,767−23.1%
Source: Census data

The name of the town comes from a family of nobles (boyars) who owned most of the lands on which the town is now situated. Their name was Găești.

It was first mentioned on 19 July 1498 during the rule of Radu cel Mare, the son of Vlad Călugărul, who donated the land around Găești to the Monastery of Râncăciov. In 1807, most of the buildings of Găești were destroyed by a fire, then in 1812, it was hit by the plague.

Economy

Arctic S.A. company is headquartered in the town.

Famous natives
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gollark: If doing nothing creates more evil than some sort of complex evil-creation system, then a good evil maximizer would decide to switch to doing nothing, if it was made aware of this.
gollark: Probably less bad stuff, though, than an organization which is actively trying to do bad stuff and is somewhat good at it.
gollark: Competent evil is going to do lots of evil things. Not-very-competent not-evil is not going to do many things, but at least it won't do many evil things.
gollark: > Fascism is evil, but at least its competentCompetent evil is probably worse than not-very-competent not-evil.

References
  1. "Results of the 2016 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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