Gorj County

Gorj County
Județul Gorj
County
Constantin Brâncuși's Endless Column in Târgu Jiu
Constantin Brâncuși's Endless Column in Târgu Jiu
Coat of arms of Gorj County
Coordinates: 45°02′N 23°18′E / 45.04°N 23.3°E / 45.04; 23.3
Country Romania
Development region1Sud-Vest
Historic regionOltenia
Capital city (Reședință de județ)Târgu Jiu
Government
 • TypeCounty Council
 • Council PresidentCosmin-Mihai Popescu [ro] (PSD)
 • Prefect2Virgil Drăgușin [ro]
Area
 • Total5,602 km2 (2,163 sq mi)
 • Rank21st in Romania
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
 • Total314,685
 • Rank28th in Romania
 • Density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code
21wxyz3
Area code+40 x534
Car PlatesGJ5
GDPUS$2.824 billion (2015)
GDP per capitaUS$8,450 (2015)
WebsiteCounty Council
County Prefecture
1 The development regions of Romania have no administrative role and were formed in order to manage 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 having any political activity in the first six months after his resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaries' 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

Gorj County (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡorʒ] ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. Gorj comes from the Slavic Gor(no)-Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”).

  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.