Corbi
title: "Corbi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-in-argeș-county", "localities-in-muntenia"] topic_path: "general/communes-in-arges-county" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | commune |
| county | Argeș |
| name | Corbi |
| image_skyline | Biserica rupestră Corbii de Piatră.jpg |
| image_caption | The Corbii de Piatră monastery and wooden church in Jgheaburi |
| image_map | Corbi jud Arges.jpg |
| map_caption | Location in Argeș County |
| leader_name | Constantin Mogaru |
| leader_party | PSD |
| leader_term | 2024–2028 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation | 540 |
| area_total | 56.52 |
| population_total | auto |
| postal_code | 117285 |
| area_code | (+40) 0248 |
| website | |
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|type = commune |county = Argeș |name = Corbi |image_flag = |image_shield = |image_skyline = Biserica rupestră Corbii de Piatră.jpg |image_caption = The Corbii de Piatră monastery and wooden church in Jgheaburi |image_location = |image_map = Corbi jud Arges.jpg |map_caption = Location in Argeș County |leader_name = Constantin Mogaru |leader_party = PSD |leader_term = 2024–2028 |coordinates = |elevation = 540 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 56.52 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 117285 |area_code = (+40) 0248 |website = Corbi is a commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Corbi, Corbșori, Jgheaburi, Poduri, Poenărei, and Stănești.
Corbi is located in the northern part of Argeș County: its neighbours are Nucșoara commune to the north, Domnești commune to the south, Aninoasa commune to the east, and Brăduleț and Mușătești communes to the west.
The commune covers an area of 5652 ha. The agricultural surface of the entire locality is 5,664 hectares, of which 198 ha is arable land, 2,829 ha pastures, 1,809 ha hay fields, 828 ha meadows, and 200 ha forests.
As of the 2021 census, Corbu had a population of 3,420 people. At the 2011 census, the commune had 3,784 inhabitants, of which 97.82% were Romanians. The main occupations are sheep-keeping (20,000 sheep), cattle-keeping (1,700 heads of cattle), and animal husbandry.
The commune's villages have six schools, six Romanian Orthodox churches, five kindergartens, three community centres, a medical unit, a veterinary office, a pharmacy, a post office, a bakery and other businesses.
Natives
- Voyk Hunyadi (14th century–), father of John Hunyadi (Governor of Hungary, 1446–1452) and grandfather of Matthias Corvinus (King of Hungary, 1458–1490)
- John Hunyadi (–1456), father of Matthias Corvinus
- (born 1959), Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina.
References
- Ion I Ilinescu. "Corbi-Argeș - tradiție și contemporaneitate", Tiparg Typography, Argeș, 2004,
- Levente, Nagy – Emőke Rita, Szilágyi. "Hollókőtől Esztergomig. Új adatok az Oláh, a Hunyadi és a Drakula család genealógiájához", Történelmi Szemle LXV/4., 2023. 639-667."
|File:Comuna Corbi, așezare.jpg|Corbi |File:Biserica monument Sfânta Treime.jpg|Holy Trinity Church in Corbi village |File:Schitul rupestru "Sf. Apostoli" - Jgheaburi, interior.jpg|Cave hermitage of the Apostles in Jgheaburi |File:Caminul Cultural Stanesti - panoramio.jpg|Community center in Stănești
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