Gorj County
Gorj is a Romanian county ( Judet ) in the Walachia region, with the county town of Târgu Jiu. Its common abbreviation and the license plate are GJ.
The Gorj county is bordered on the north by the Hunedoara county, likewise in the north and in the east by the county of Vâlcea, to the south by the Dolj county, in southwest and the west by the county Mehedinţi and to the northwest by the District Caras -Severin.
Demography
In 2002, the county 387 407 inhabitants and a population density of 69 inhabitants per km ².
2011 had the Gorj county 341 594 inhabitants, thus a population density of 61 inhabitants per km ².
Geography
The county has a total area of 5602 km ², equivalent to 2.34 % of the area of Romania. In the southwestern part of Romania located, the Gorj county in the north of the historical region of Lesser Wallachia is located south of the Southern Carpathians. In the north- west of the district, the Godeanu Mountains are ( with the 2149 m summit Paltina ), in the north of the Valcan ( with the peaks Olsea 1946 m, Străjii 1868 m, Arcanul 1760 m, etc.), the Parang Mountains ( with the peaks MICAIA 2170 m, 2136 m Papusa, etc.) and the Rotunda massif (1600 m). The three largest rivers of the district are the Jiu ( Shield ), Gilort and Motru.
Cities and Towns
The Gorj county consists of officially 434 villages. Of these, 9 have the status of a city, 61 to a community. The rest are assigned to administrative cities and towns.