Hunedoara County

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Timiș Caraș-Severin Mehedinți Hunedoara Alba Sibiu Brașov Covasna Vrancea Galați Gorj Vâlcea Argeș Dâmbovița Prahova Buzău Brăila Tulcea Dolj Olt Teleorman Giurgiu Bukarest Ilfov Ialomița Călărași Constanța Arad Bihor Cluj Sălaj Satu Mare Maramureș Bistrița-Năsăud Mureș Harghita Suceava Botoșani Neamț Iași Bacău Vaslui Serbien Bulgarien Ungarn Ukraine Moldau
Location of the Hunedoara district in Romania
Map of the Hunedoara district
Coat of arms of the Hunedoara district
Coat of arms of the Hunedoara district, at the time of real socialism
Coat of arms of the Hunedoara County, in the interwar period

The Hunedoara district is a Romanian district ( Județ ) in the Transylvania region with the district capital Deva . Its common abbreviation and license plate are HD.

The district of Hunedoara borders in the north and east on the district of Alba , in the southeast on the district Vâlcea , in the south on the district Gorj , in the west on the districts Caraş-Severin , Timiş and Arad , the latter also in the north-west .

Demographics

In 2011 the district of Hunedoara had 418,565 inhabitants, thus a population density of 59 inhabitants per km².

geography

The district has a total area of ​​7063 km², which corresponds to 2.96% of the area of ​​Romania. In the south-west of Transylvania, in the historical region of Hunyad County (Eisenmarkt County) and north of historical Oltenia, the so-called Little Wallachia , the southern part of the district is in the Retezat and Șureanu mountains ; both are part of the Transylvanian Alps . The center of the district is in the valley of the Mureș (Mieresch) , the northern part in the Transylvanian Ore Mountains .

The largest rivers in the district are the Mureș, which flows in an east-west direction, its tributaries Strei , Orăștie and Cerna and in the south the Jiu (Schil) .

cities and communes

The Hunedoara County officially consists of 486 localities. Of these, 14 have city status and 55 a municipality. The rest are administratively assigned to the cities and municipalities.

Biggest places

City / municipality German name Hungarian name population
Deva Diemrich Déva 61.123
Hunedoara Iron market Vajdahunyad 60,525
Petroșani Petroschen Petrozsény 37,160
Vulcan Wolkersdorf Volcano 24,160
Lupeni Schylwolfsbach Lupény 23,390
Petrila   Petrilla 22,692
Orăștie Broos Szászváros 18,227
Brad Tannenhof Brád 14,495
Simeria Pischk Piski 12,556
Călan Kalan Kalan 11,279
Hațeg Hötzing Hátszeg 09,685
Uricani   Urikány 08,972
Geoagiu Gergesdorf Algyógy 05,294
Aninoasa   Aninósza 04,360
Pui Chicken village Puj 04.122
(As of October 20, 2011)

See also

Web links

Commons : Hunedoara district  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)