Măneşti is a commune in Dâmboviţa County

Dâmbovita County

Dâmbovița ; also spelt Dîmbovița is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 541,763 and the population density was 134/km²...

, Romania

Romania

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, in the valley of the Dâmboviţa River

Dâmbovita River

Dâmbovița is a river in Romania. It has its sources in the Făgăraş Mountains, on the Curmătura Oticu. The upper reach of the rivers, upstream of the confluence with the Boarcăşu River is also known as Izvorul Oticului River or Oticu River....

, at a distance of 14 km northwest of Târgovişte

Târgoviste

Târgoviște is a city in the Dâmbovița county of Romania. It is situated on the right bank of the Ialomiţa River. , it had an estimated population of 89,000. One village, Priseaca, is administered by the city.-Name:...

.

Administration

It was formerly part of plasa Voineşti

Voinesti

Voineşti may refer to several places in Romania:* Voineşti, a commune in Dâmboviţa County* Voineşti, a commune in Iaşi County* Voineşti, a commune in Vaslui County* Voineşti, a village in Lereşti Commune, Argeş County...

 and between 1952 and 1968 it was part of Ploieşti

Ploiesti

Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....

 region. In 1968, the current administration was set and since, it is part of Dâmboviţa County.

It is composed of three villages: Drăgăeşti-Pământeni (colloquially "Drăgăeşti"), Drăgăeşti-Ungureni (colloquially "Ungureni") and Măneşti. Măneşti and Drăgăeşti are on the right bank of the Dâmboviţa River, while Ungureni is on the left bank.

Name

The name of Măneşti is derived from "Manea" (a Romanian first name), the name of Drăgăeşti from "Drag" (meaning "dear" in Romanian) and the name of Ungureni from "Ungurean" (people from the Hungarian lands, i.e. Transylvania

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

), as Romanians from Transylvania, then ruled by Hungary

Hungary

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, settled in this place.

Population

, it had a population of 4,669. 96.6% of inhabitants were of Romanian ethnicity; 3.4% were Roma (Gypsies), concentrated in the village of Drăgăeşti. In 1924, it had a population of 3,123.

Economy

Most people are farmers, among the crops are apple

Apple

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s and pear

Pear

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s, as well as maize

Maize

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 and wheat

Wheat

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. A part of the inhabitants commute to Târgovişte

Târgoviste

Târgoviște is a city in the Dâmbovița county of Romania. It is situated on the right bank of the Ialomiţa River. , it had an estimated population of 89,000. One village, Priseaca, is administered by the city.-Name:...

, which is the closest city. Also, there used to be some petroleum extraction in the region, but the resources ended. In Ungureni, there was also a petroleum storage depot, but it was disbanded in the 1990s.

Nearby localities

• Căprioru (North-West)
• Decindeni (South-West)
• Dragomireşti
  Dragomiresti, Dâmbovita
  Dragomireşti is a commune in Dâmboviţa County, southern Romania with a population of 8,124 people. It is composed of six villages: Decindeni, Dragomireşti, Geangoeşti, Mogoşeşti, Râncăciov and Ungureni....
  
   (South)
• Gheboieni (North-East)
• Prisaca (South-East)
• Tătărani
  Tatarani, Dâmbovita
  Tătărani is a commune in Dâmboviţa County, southern Romania with a population of 5,376 people. It is composed of four villages: Căprioru, Gheboieni, Priboiu and Tătărani....
  
  (North-West)