Văcarea

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Văcarea

Total population

657

Coordinates45.11°, 25.05°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Mihăești is a commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Drăghici, Furnicoși, Mihăești, Rudeni, Valea Bradului, Valea Popii, and Văcarea.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Petre Țuțea

Romanian academic dissedent (1902-1991)

Mircea Diaconu

Romanian actor and politician, MEP (1949–2024)

I

Ionel Pârvu

Romanian footballer

I

Ilie Baicu

Romanian footballer

S

Sava Dumitrescu

Romanian pharmacologist

Constantin Nicolescu

politician

I

Ion C. Petrescu

C

Ciprian Chirvasiu

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Emilia Mateescu

Romanian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Argeș

• Drăghici
  1.1 mi away · pop. 1,184
• Valea Popii
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,123
• Mihăești
  2.1 mi away · pop. 1,166
• Hârtiești
  2.5 mi away · pop. 934
• Valea Bradului
  2.6 mi away · pop. 249
• Dealu
  3.1 mi away · pop. 407
• Pițigaia
  3.1 mi away · pop. 74
• Huluba
  3.2 mi away · pop. 257
• Lucieni
  3.5 mi away · pop. 324
• Rădești
  3.7 mi away · pop. 1,325
• Lespezi
  4.1 mi away · pop. 317
• Lăzărești
  4.1 mi away · pop. 2,067

Browse all places in Argeș →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Tawny Owl

Strix aluco

Seen 2026-08-28

yellow archangel

Lamium galeobdolon

Seen 2026-08-27

Hairy Beech Gall

Hartigiola annulipes

Seen 2026-08-27

European Stag Beetle

Lucanus cervus

Seen 2026-08-27

Orange Swift

Triodia sylvina

Seen 2026-08-24

European Greenfinch

Chloris chloris

Seen 2026-08-16

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-08-10

Spotted Longhorn Beetle

Rutpela maculata

Seen 2026-07-20

large black longhorn beetle

Stictoleptura scutellata

Seen 2026-07-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).