Blăjeni

Blăjeni
Blezseny

Basic data

State :

Romania

Historical region :

Transylvania

Circle :

Hunedoara

Coordinates :

46 ° 13 ' N , 22 ° 54' E Coordinates: 46 ° 12 '44 " N , 22 ° 54' 21" E

Time zone :

EET ( UTC +2)

Height :

375 m

Area :

88.62 km²

Residents :

1,192 (October 20, 2011)

Population density :

13 inhabitants per km²

Postal code :

337085

Telephone code :

(+40) 02 54

License plate :

HD

Structure and administration (as of 2016)

Community type :

local community

Structure :

Blăjeni, Blăjeni-Vulcan , Criș , Dragu-Brad , Groșuri , Plai , Reț , Sălătruc

Mayor :

Horia Flavius Jurca ( PNL )

Postal address :

Str. Principală, no. 85
loc. Blăjeni, jud. Hunedoara, RO-337085

Website :

www.blajeni.ro

Others

City Festival :

“La izvorul Crișului” ( At the source of the screeching ), annually on the last Sunday in June

Blăjeni ( Hungarian Blezseny or Balázsfalva ) is a municipality in the Hunedoara district in the Transylvania region in Romania .

Geographical location

Location of the Blăjeni municipality in Hunedoara County

The municipality Blajeni located in a mountainous landscape in the northern foothills of the Transylvanian Ore Mountains in the historic district chair Brad of Hunyader County (County Eisenmarkt) . In the north of the Hunedoara district on the district road (Drum județean) DJ 742B and on the upper reaches of the Crișul Alb (White Screech) , the village of Blăjeni , which consists of many hamlets , is about three kilometers north of the national road DN 74 , about halfway between the small towns Brad (Tannenhof) and Abrud (Großschlatten) in Kr. Alba . The town of Brad is 14 miles to the southwest; the district capital Deva (Diemrich) about 63 kilometers south of Blăjeni.

The northern area of the municipality is located in the southwest of the Motzenland .

history

The place Blăjeni is first mentioned in 1439; the incorporated villages are mentioned in a document at the beginning of the 20th century. On Mount Dealul Paltin , known by the locals , the leaders of the Romanian Horea uprising made the decision to carry out the uprising, with many farmers swearing their oath of loyalty. At the time of the Romanian Revolution of 1848 , its leader in Transylvania, Avram Iancu , is said to have hidden here in a cave for two weeks.

The main occupations of the population today are agriculture, livestock and fruit growing. About 63% of the community area is used for agriculture, 7% of which is arable land.

population

In 1850, 2333 inhabitants lived in the area of the municipality. 2290 of them were Romanians and 43 Roma . The largest population 3463 - at the same time that of the Romanians (3403) and that of the Roma (60) - was determined in 1930. The highest number of Magyars (13) was registered in 1900 and that of Germans (5) in 1890. At the 2002 census there were only 1530 Romanians living in the municipality. On October 31, 2011, a preliminary census in the municipality of Blăjeni, counted 1240 people in 681 households.

Attractions

The wooden churches in the incorporated villages of Groșuri and Sălătruc , as well as the old Motzen houses of the region.
The municipality is a popular holiday area due to its karst landscape. The incorporated village of Blăjeni-Vulcan is a starting point for the Kalkberg Vulcan or Vâlcan . The mountain with 200–400 meter high steep walls is about five hectares and at the highest point ( ⊙ ) (according to different information) 1266 m or 1254 m high. A one and a half kilometer path leads to the mountain from the national road DN 74 in the Buceș Pass in a northerly direction.46.24377 22.9607