Hunedoara County

Hunedoara (IPA: [hu.ne.'dwa.ra]; Hungarian: [Hunyad] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a county (Judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania. The capital of Hunedoara County is Deva.

County
Coat of arms of Coat of arms
File:Hunedoara.svg
Coordinates: 45.78°N 22.93°E / 45.78; 22.93
Country	Romania
Development region	Vest
Historic region	Transylvania
Area
• Total	7,063 km2 (2,727 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	485,712
• Density	68.769/km2 (178.110/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	RO-HD
Website	County Council Prefecture

Population

About 485,000 people live in Hunedoara County.

Year	County population
1948	306,955
1956	381,902
1966	474,602
1977	514,436
1992	547,950
2002	485,712

Geography

Hunedoara County has an area of 7,063 km².

Divisions

Hunedoara County has 7 municipalities, 7 towns and 55 communes.

Municipalities

• Hunedoara - population: 75,312
• Deva - capital city; population: 69,257
• Brad - population: 16,485
• Lupeni - population: 31,053
• Orăştie - population: 24,174
• Petroşani - population: 45,194
• Vulcan - population: 32,154

Towns

• Aninoasa
• Călan
• Geoagiu
• Haţeg
• Petrila
• Simeria
• Uricani

Communes

Baia de Criş Balşa Băniţa Baru Băcia Băiţa Bătrâna Beriu Blăjeni Boşorod Brănişca Bretea Română Buceş Bucureşci

Bulzeştii de Sus Bunila Burjuc Cerbăl Certeju de Sus Cârjiţi Crişcior Densuş Dobra General Berthelot Ghelari Gurasada Hărău Ilia

Lăpugiu de Jos Lelese Lunca Cernii de Jos Luncoiu de Jos Mărtineşti Orăştioara de Sus Pestişu Mic Pui Rapoltu Mare Răchitova Ribiţa Râu de Mori Romos Sarmizegetusa

Sălaşu de Sus Sântămăria-Orlea Şoimuş Teliucu Inferior Tomeşti Topliţa Toteşti Turdaş Vaţa de Jos Vălişoara Veţel Vorţa Zam

Hunedoara County Media

• Gold sphalerite quartz sacaramb.jpg

  Gold and sphalerite on quartz, from Sacarîmb, Hunedoara County. Scale at bottom is one inch, with a rule at one cm.

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  European bison in Hațeg nature reserve

• Sarmisegetusa Regia - Templele patrulatere mici - Zona sacra – Gradistea Muntelui, Muntii Sureanu, Hunedoara, Romania 19.JPG

  Ruins of Dacian temples of Sarmizegetusa Regia

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  Corvin Castle in Hunedoara is one of the largest medieval castles in Europe and features in one of the lists of the Seven Wonders of Romania.

• Cetatea medievală Deva, în lumina răsăritului.jpg

  Fortress of Deva in Deva

• RO HD Deva Centru.jpg

  View of the city of Deva, County of Hunedoara, Romania, from the citadel hill.

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  Hunedoara skyline view

• 1938 map of interwar county Hunedoara.jpg

  Map of Hunedoara County as constituted in 1938.