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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = town
|county             = Vâlcea
|image_shield       = ROU VL Baile Govora CoA1.jpg
|image_skyline      = Băile Govora – Parcul Băilor.JPG
|image_map          = Băile Govora en distrikto Vâlcea.png
|map_caption        = Location in Vâlcea County
|leader_name        = Mihai Mateescu<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=9 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|term               = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|45|4|48|N|24|10|47|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 300
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 13.79
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 245200
|area_code          = (+40) 02 50
|website            = {{URL|https://www.primaria-baile-govora.ro}}
}}
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1930 |910
|1948 |1156
|1956 |1590
|1966 |2189
|1977 |2749
|1992 |3023
|2002 |3147
|2011 |2353
|2021 |2158
}}

'''Băile Govora''' (or just '''Govora''') is a [[Romania]]n [[spa town]] in [[Vâlcea County]], about {{cvt|20|km}} south-west of [[Râmnicu Vâlcea]] and west of the [[Olt (river)|Olt River]], in the historical region of [[Oltenia]]. Notable features of the town (beside its [[mineral springs]], recommended for a variety of ailments) include the Govora Abbey (built in the 15th century and consolidated by [[Matei Basarab]] and later by [[Constantin Brâncoveanu]]) and the nearby ''Dintr-un lemn'' Monastery (16th or 17th century; the legend of its origin was recorded by [[Paul of Aleppo]]).

Govora Abbey was the site where Matei Basarab introduced the first [[printing press]] in [[Wallachia]] – where the first written code of laws in [[Romanian language|Romanian]] was published, ''{{ill|Pravila de la Govora|ro}}'', in 1640.

The town administers three villages: Curăturile, Gătejești, and Prajila.

==Notable people==
* [[Mihai Constantinescu]] (1932–2019), film director and screenwriter
* [[Alexander Marmureanu]] (born 1962), surgeon

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Băile Govora}}
* Romanian tourism site: [https://web.archive.org/web/20051031103207/http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/turism/b_govora.html Băile Govora] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20051223233531/http://www.ici.ro/romania/en/turism/m_dintrunlemn.html ''Dintr-un lemn'' Monastery]
* {{in lang|ro}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20050529074621/http://www.valceaturistica.ro/prezentare/bailegovora.htm Vâlcea County tourist spots: Băile Govora]

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{{Spa towns in Romania}}

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[[Category:Towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Spa towns in Romania]]
[[Category:Populated places in Vâlcea County]]
[[Category:Localities in Oltenia]]