Mioveni

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Mioveni
Location of Mioveni
Location of Mioveni
Coordinates: 44°57′25″N 24°56′26″E / 44.95694, 24.94056
Country Flag of Romania Romania
County Argeş County
Status Town
Government
 - Mayor Ion Georgescu (Social Democratic Party)
Area
 - Total 50.79 km² (19.6 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 - Total 35,889
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Mioveni is a town in Argeş County, Romania, near the city of Piteşti. As of 2002, it had a population of 35,849.

It was first mentioned in a written record in 1485. It developed much in the 1970s after the construction of the Automobile Dacia manufacturing plant. There is also a Nuclear Research Institute, that builds components and materials for the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, and a high security prison. Its mayor, Vasile Costescu, died in May 2006. The new mayor is Ion Georgescu.

Its soccer team, Dacia Mioveni, plays in the Romanian first league.