The Dolj County has a total area of 7,414 km representing 3.1% of Romania’s surface and it shares the borders with the following counties: Mehedinti in the West, Gorj and Valcea in the North, Olt in the East.
   To the South, there is the Danube establishing a 150 km border with Bulgaria.
   The relief consists of the Danube River meadow, plains and hills with mild climate and a mean annual temperature of 11,5^oC. The altitude rises from 30 meters in the Southern part of the county to 350 meters in the North, as if in a huge amphitheater stretching towards the sun.
   Nowadays the Dolj County has a population of 735,000 inhabitants and its administrative structure containes the following municipalities and cities: Craiova, Bailesti, Bechet, Calfat, Dabuleni, Filiasi and Segarcea. The city of Craiova, of approximately 300,000 inhabitants, is the most important town and the administrative center of the county. It includes numerous industrial units specialized in different areas: the machine industry (SC MAT SA, SC AVIOANE SA, SC RELOC SA, etc.), the electronics industry (SC ELECTROPUTERE SA), the chemical industry (SNP PETROM - DOLJCHIM), the food industry (SC LACTIDO SA, SC PAN GROUP SA, etc.), the textiles industry (SC CRAIMODEX SA, SC MODEXIM SA, etc.), the construction materials industry (SC ELPRECO SA), the furniture industry (SC METAL-LEMN SA), the car industry (SC DAEWOO AUTOMOBILE ROMANIA SA).
   The city of Calafat, with approximately 22,000 inhabitants, has a rich historical background. It includes industrial companies specialized in food and textiles industry; it also has a harbour, representing an important passing-by point of the border with Bulgaria.
   The city of Bailesti, with a population of 22,000 inhabitants, has an important agricultural-industrial profile with important farming units and also industrial ones in the fields of electronics, mechanics and the foundry of metals.
   The Filiasi town, with a population of 20,000 inhabitants, has industrial units in the fields of electronics, mechanics and wood industry.
   The Segarcea town, with a population of 8,500 inhabitants, has industrial units in the food industry and chemical field, being also a powerful farming center.
   The Dabuleni town, with a population of 13,700 inhabitants represents a powerful farming center.
   The Bechet town, with a population of 13,700 inhabitants is a harbour to the Danube River.
   The rest of the county’s population lives in 110 communes summing 364 villages. The Dolj County takes up 3.1% of the total surface and 3.9% of the country's farmlands. Farming offers the greatest number of jobs, representing a major part in the internal product of the county. The farmlands sum up 590,000 ha, of which 320,000 ha irrigated and 470,000 ha private property. The fact that 40% of the farming land is represented by cernosiom, the best kind of soil, underlines the possibilities farming can offer in Dolj. For turning to good account the Dolj farming production, numerous factories were set up in the millingbread industry, milk industry, sugar industry, beer, edible oil, the processing and preservation of fruits and also in the alcohol industry. All these technologies and productions centers, doubled by a qualified workforce, represent a field of major importance in top quality products promotion, products meant for the internal and external markets.
   The county’s forested areas stretch over 81,500 ha, of which 11,500 ha are private property.
   The total surface of waters and pools is of 22,000 ha, of which 5,000 ha represents private property.
   Fruits harvested from over 10,000 ha of orchards represent also an important richness of this county.
   The transport network consists of 221 km of railways, 424 km of national motorways and 1,621 km of county roads plus an airport.