Hunedoara County

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Hunedoara County
Județul Hunedoara
County
Coat of arms of Hunedoara County
Coat of arms
Administrative map of Romania with Hunedoara county highlighted
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Country Romania
Development region Vest
Historical region Transylvania
Area
 • Total 7,063 km2 (2,727 sq mi)
Area rank 9th
Population (2011)
 • Total 418,565
 • Rank 20th
 • Density 59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Telephone code (+40) 254 or (+40) 354[1]
ISO 3166 code RO-HD
Website County Council
Prefecture

Hunedoara (Romanian pronunciation: [huneˈdo̯ara]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisza Euroregion.

Name

In Hungarian, it is known as Hunyad megye, in German as Kreis Hunedoara, and in Slovak as Hunedoara.

Demographics

In 2011, the county had a population of 396,253 and the population density was 56.1/km².

Hunedoara's Jiu River Valley is traditionally a coal-mining region, and its high level of industrialisation drew many people from other regions of Romania in the period before the fall of the communist regime.

Year County population[3]
1948 306,955
1956 Increase 381,902
1966 Increase 474,602
1977 Increase 514,436
1992 Increase 547,993
2002 Decrease 485,712
2011 Decrease 396,253

Geography

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

This county has a total area of 7,063 km².

Mainly, the relief is made up of mountains, divided by the Mureș River valley which crosses the county from East to West. To the North side there are the Apuseni Mountains and to the South side there are mountains from the Southern Carpathians group, Parâng Mountains group and Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group: Orastie and Surianu Mountains (South-East), Retezat Mountains (South), Poiana Ruscai Mountains (South-West).

Except from the Mureș River with its tributaries Strei, Râul Mare and Cerna which forms wide valleys, in the North side Crișul Alb River also forms a valley in the Apuseni Mountains - Zarand region. In the South side along the Jiu River with its two branches Jiul de Vest and Jiul de Est, there is a large depression, and an accessible route towards Southern Romania - Oltenia..

Neighbours

Romanian Counties
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Economy

The industry in the Hunedoara county is linked with the mining activity in the region. In the mountains, from ancient times, metals and coal have been exploited. Nowadays, there is one large industrial complex at Hunedoara owned by Mittal Steel. Also energy related enterprises are located in the county - one of the biggest thermoelectric plant is located at Mintia.

The predominant industries in the county are:

  • Metallurgy.
  • Construction materials.
  • Textile industry.
  • Mining equipment.
  • Food industry.

In the 1990s, a large amount of mines were closed down, leaving Hunedoara county with the highest unemployment rate in Romania, of 9.6%, in comparison to the national average of 5.5%.

Tourism

Dacian fort in Costești

Retezat National Park and other picturesque regions makes it one of the most beautiful counties in Romania. Also there can be found Dacian and Roman complexes in the Orăştie Mountains.

The main tourist attractions in the county are:

Administrative divisions

Deva
Hunedoara

Hunedoara County has 7 municipalities, 7 towns and 55 communes

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References

  1. ↑ The number used depends on the numbering system employed by the phone companies on the market.
  2. ↑ National Institute of Statistics, "Populația după etnie"
  3. ↑ National Institute of Statistics, "Populația la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992 și 2002"

External links

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