Găești (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡəˈ(j)eʃtʲ]) is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania with a population of 12,583 as of 2021.

It was first mentioned on 19 July 1498 during the rule of Radu cel Mare, the son of Vlad Călugărul, who donated the land around Găești to the Monastery of Râncăciov.

In 1807, most of the buildings of Găești were destroyed by a fire, then in 1812, it was hit by the plague.

[3] At the census conducted in 2011, the town had 13,317 inhabitants, the majority of whom were Romanians (93.41%), with a minority of Roma (1.71%); for 4.68% of the population, the ethnicity was unknown.

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