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Hunedoara

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Also known as Eisenmarkt, Eisenstadt, Vajdahunyad, Hunedoarei

Hunedoara (; ; ) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (Bós), Groș (Grós), Hășdat (Hosdát; Hochstätten), Peștișu Mare (Alpestes), and Răcăștia (Rákosd).

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Hunedoara is a city in Transylvania, Romania, situated in the southwestern part of the region near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains. The city administers five surrounding villages and serves as an administrative center for the area.

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Key facts

Romanian subdivision.type
municipality
Romanian subdivision.county
Hunedoara
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.map_caption
Location in Hunedoara County
Romanian subdivision.image_shield
ROU HD Hunedoara CoA1.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_flag
ROU HD Hunedoara.png
Romanian subdivision.image_map
Hunedoara jud Hunedoara.svg
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Dan Bobouțanu
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PSD
Romanian subdivision.elevation
278
Romanian subdivision.area_total
97.30
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
331006–331167
Romanian subdivision.area_code
(+40) 02 54

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Natives
  • Attractions
  • Hunyadi / Corvin Castle
  • The Iron Museum
  • Oak Forest of Chizid
  • Hunedoara Zoo
  • Sports
  • References
  • External links

Hunedoara (; ; ) is a city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (Bós), Groș (Grós), Hășdat (Hosdát; Hochstätten), Peștișu Mare (Alpestes), and Răcăștia (Rákosd).

The city includes the most important Gothic-style secular building in Transylvania: the Hunyad Castle, which is closely connected with the Hunyadi family. The castle was destroyed by fire five times, but underwent many reconstructions from Austro-Hungarian and later Romanian authorities. Besides the castle, the town developed as a production center for iron and a market for the mountain regions nearby. During the 20th century, Hunedoara's population increased to 86,000 inhabitants. The city contained the largest steel works in Romania (until Galați took the lead), but activity gradually diminished after the Romanian revolution of 1989 due to the loss of the market. This was a blow to the overall prosperity of the town, which is now recovering through new investments.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hunedoara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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