Mioveni, Argeș County, Romania
🇷🇴 Mioveni is a town in Argeș County, Romania, approximately 15 km (9 miles) north-east of Pitești. The town administers four villages: Clucereasa, Colibași, Făgetu and Racovița.
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.
It officially became a town in 1989, as a result of the Romanian rural systematization program. 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 Communist regime in order to make way for new urban construction.
Economy Automobile Dacia is headquartered in the town.
Sport Its football team, CS Mioveni (formerly Dacia Mioveni) played in the Romanian first league for two seasons: in 2007–08 and in 2011–12. They also reached the semifinals of the 2007–08 Romanian Cup.
Europe/Bucharest/Arges
Mioveni has a population of over 31,998 people. Mioveni also forms part of the wider Argeș County which has a population of over 612,431 people. Mioveni is situated near Piteşti.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Mioveni has links with:
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🇺🇸 Minneapolis 44.978
🇺🇸 Saint-Paul 44.944
🇺🇸 Saint Paul 44.944
🇷🇴 Târgoviște 44.938
🇷🇺 Takhtamukay 44.917
🇺🇦 Kamin-Kashyrskyi 24.95
🇬🇷 Herakleion 25.133
Locations Near: Mioveni 24.9333,44.95
🇷🇴 Piteşti 24.871,44.859 d: 11.3
🇷🇴 Târgoviște 25.459,44.938 d: 41.4
🇷🇴 Râmnicu Vâlcea 24.367,45.1 d: 47.6
🇷🇴 Busteni 25.54,45.39 d: 68.2
🇷🇴 Slatina 24.35,44.417 d: 75.1
🇷🇴 Brașov 25.611,45.656 d: 94.7
🇷🇴 Alexandria 25.333,43.983 d: 112.1
🇷🇴 Ploieşti 26.013,44.947 d: 85
Antipodal to: Mioveni -155.067,-44.95
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16924.2
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16788.3
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16299.9
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16213
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12823.5
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12711.6
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12694.8
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12692.5