Șugag (german: Schugag; hu, Sugág) is a

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located in Alba County,

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. It is composed of seven villages: Arți (''Arctelep''), Bârsana (''Barzonatelep''), Dobra (''Dobratelep''), Jidoștina (''Jidostinatelep''), Mărtinie (''Martiniatelep''), Șugag and Tău Bistra (''Vartótelek''). The commune is traversed by the river

Sebeș Sebeș (; German: ''Mühlbach''; Hungarian: ''Szászsebes''; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Melnbach'') is a city in Alba County, central Romania, southern Transylvania. Geography The city lies in the Mureș River valley and straddles the rive ...

. It is located 43 km from

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; german: Karlsburg or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; hu, Gyulafehérvár; la, Apulum) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the Mureș River in the historical ...

Natives

*Zachary DeLorean, father of

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automotive executive

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, was born and raised in Șugag.

References

Communes in Alba County Localities in Transylvania {{Alba-geo-stub