Muscel County
Muscel County is a former first-order administrative district of Romania. It was located in the southern central part of Greater Romania, in the northwestern part of the historic region of Muntenia. Its territory is now mostly part of Argeș County, while some communes (Malu cu Flori, Pucheni and Văleni-Dâmbovița) now belong to Dâmbovița County. The county seat was Câmpulung.
Județul Muscel | |
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County (Județ) | |
The Muscel County Prefecture's building from the interwar period, now Câmpulung city hall. | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Country | Romania |
| Historic region | Muntenia |
| County seat (Reședință de județ) | Câmpulung |
| Established | Sometime before 1601 |
| Ceased to exist | Administrative reform of 1950 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,058 km2 (1,181 sq mi) |
| Population (1930) | |
| • Total | 149,797 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The county was bordered on the west by Argeș County, to the north by the counties of Făgăraș and Brașov, and to the east by Dâmbovița County.
In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly-formed Ținutul Argeș, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished on 6 September 1950 by the Communist regime.
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