Regiunea Argeş was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania

Communist Romania

Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...

, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation. It existed until 1952, when its territory merged with Vâlcea region to form Piteşti region. After the 1956 reorganisation Piteşti region changed its name back to Argeş.

History

The capital of the region was Piteşti

Pitesti

Pitești is a city in Romania, located on the Argeș River. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated on the A1 freeway connecting it directly to the national capital Bucharest,...

, and its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Argeş County

Arges County

Argeș is a county of Romania, in Wallachia, with the capital city at Pitești.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 652,625 and the population density was 95/km².*Romanians – 96%*Roma , and other.-Geography:...

, before the 1956 reorganisation. After the reorganisation it slightly comprised the area of nowadays Vâlcea

Vâlcea County

Vâlcea is a county of Romania, in the historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia...

 and Argeş

Arges County

Argeș is a county of Romania, in Wallachia, with the capital city at Pitești.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 652,625 and the population density was 95/km².*Romanians – 96%*Roma , and other.-Geography:...

 counties.

Neighbors

Argeş region had as neighbors:

• 1950–1952: East: Prahova and Bucureşti
  Regiunea Bucuresti
  Regiunea Bucureşti was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation..-History:...
  
   regions; South: Teleorman and Dolj
  Regiunea Dolj
  Regiunea Dolj was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...
  
   regions; West: Vâlcea region; North: Sibiu and Stalin regions.
• 1956–1968: East: Ploieşti region; South: Bucureşti region
  Regiunea Bucuresti
  Regiunea Bucureşti was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation..-History:...
  
  ; West: Oltenia region; North: Braşov region.

Rayons

• 1950–1952: Piteşti, Slatina, Costeşti, Muscel, Curtea de Argeş.
• 1956–1968: Piteşti, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Slatina, Loviştea, Muscel, Curtea de Argeş, Costeşti, Topoloveni, Găeşti, Drăganeşti, Drăgăşani, Băbeni-Bistriţa, Horezu.