Vâlcea County

Vâlcea County is a county that lies in south-central . Located in the historical regions of and , it is also part of the wider Wallachia region. Its capital city is .
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  • Type: county of Romania with 342,000 residents
  • Description: county in Romania
  • Also known as: “Bezirk Vâlcea”, “Comtat de Vâlcea”, “Condado de Valcea”, “County Vâlcea”, “District Valcea”, “Distrikto Valcea”, “Distrito de Valcea”, “Judet de Valcea”, “Judeţ de Valcea”, “Judeţ De Vâlcea”, “Judeţul Vâlcea”, “județul Vâlcea”, “Judeţul Vîlcea”, “Okręg Valcea”, “Okrožje Vâlcea”, “Provinsi Valcea”, “RO-VL”, “RO415”, “Valcea”, “Vilcea”, “Vîlcea”, “В’лћа”, “Валћа”, “Вилчя”, “Вылча (жудзец)”, and “Окръг Вълча”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stoenești and Cernelele.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km north of Vâlcea County.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Vâlcea County.

Vâlcea County

Latitude
45.0833° or 45° 5′ north
Longitude
24.1667° or 24° 10′ east
Population
342,000
Elevation
399 metres (1,309 feet)
Open location code
8GQ635M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
662892
Wiki­data ID
Q186838
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Vâlcea County” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Vâlcea”
  • Amharic: “ቫልቼያ ክስተት”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فالسيا”
  • Aragonese: “Provincia de Vâlcea”
  • Armenian: “Վիլչա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vılça judetsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vılça”
  • Basque: “Vâlcea konderria”
  • Belarusian: “Вылча”
  • Belarusian: “жудзец Вылча”
  • Bengali: “ভ্যালসিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Vâlcea (okrug)”
  • Bosnian: “Vâlcea”
  • Bulgarian: “Вълча”
  • Catalan: “Província de Vâlcea”
  • Cebuano: “Județul Vâlcea”
  • Chinese: “沃尔恰县”
  • Chinese: “沃爾恰縣”
  • Croatian: “Vâlcea”
  • Czech: “Vâlcea”
  • Danish: “Vâlcea”
  • Dutch: “District Vâlcea”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Vâlcea”
  • Estonian: “Vâlcea maakond”
  • Finnish: “Vâlcea”
  • French: “Județ de Vâlcea”
  • French: “Vâlcea”
  • Galician: “Condado de Vâlcea”
  • Georgian: “ვილჩის ჟუდეცი”
  • German: “Kreis Vâlcea”
  • Greek: “Βίλτσεα”
  • Greek: “Τζουντέτς της Βάλτσα”
  • Gujarati: “વલ્સીઆ કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hausa: “Valcea County”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ולצ’ה”
  • Hindi: “वैल्सिया काउंटी”
  • Hungarian: “Vâlcea megye”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Vâlcea”
  • Irish: “Vâlcea”
  • Italian: “distretto di Vâlcea”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Vâlcea”
  • Japanese: “ヴルチャ県”
  • Javanese: “Valcea County”
  • Kannada: “ವಲ್ಸಿಯಾ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Валча округі”
  • Kirghiz: “Валча округу”
  • Korean: “블체아주”
  • Ladino: “Vâlcea”
  • Latin: “Vâlcea”
  • Latvian: “Vilčas žudecs”
  • Lithuanian: “Vilčos apskritis”
  • Lombard: “Distret de Vâlcea”
  • Macedonian: “В’лча”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Vâlcea”
  • Marathi: “व्लासीआ काउंटी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vâlcea Koān”
  • Mongolian: “Вылча аймаг”
  • Mongolian: “Вылча тойрог”
  • Northern Frisian: “Vâlcea (Kreis)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Vâlcea”
  • Northern Sami: “Vâlcea guovlu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vâlcea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vâlcea fylke”
  • Norwegian: “Vâlcea”
  • Oromo: “Valcea County”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਲਸੇਆ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ولچا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ولوچا”
  • Polish: “Okręg Vâlcea”
  • Portuguese: “Vâlcea”
  • Pushto: “والچیا کاؤنټی”
  • Romanian: “Județul Vâlcea”
  • Romanian: “Vâlcea”
  • Russian: “Вылча”
  • Serbian: “Valča”
  • Serbian: “Валча”
  • Serbian: “Жупанија Валча”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vâlcea”
  • Sinhala: “වල්සියා ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Vâlcea”
  • Slovenian: “Județul Vâlcea”
  • Somali: “Valcea County”
  • Spanish: “distrito de Vâlcea”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Vâlcea”
  • Spanish: “Vâlcea”
  • Swahili: “Valcea County”
  • Swedish: “Vâlcea”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Valcea”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Валчеа”
  • Tamil: “வால்சா கவுண்டி”
  • Tatar: “Валча”
  • Telugu: “వాల్సియా కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลวึลชา”
  • Turkish: “Vâlcea ili”
  • Turkish: “Vâlcea”
  • Ukrainian: “Вилча”
  • Urdu: “ویلچا کاؤنٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Valcha County”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt Vâlcea”
  • Walloon: “Vâlcea”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kondado han Vâlcea”
  • Welsh: “Sir Vâlcea”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویلچا کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “沃尔恰县”
  • “Județul Vâlcea”

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