Zam (; ) is a commune in

Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva, Romania, Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as , ...

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. It is composed of thirteen villages: Almaș-Săliște (''Almásszelistye''), Almășel (''Almasel''), Brășeu (''Brassó''), Cerbia (''Cserbia''), Deleni, Godinești (''Godinesd''), Micănești (''Mikanesd''), Pogănești (''Poganesd''), Pojoga (''Pozsga''), Sălciva (''Szolcsva''), Tămășești (''Tamasesd''), Valea, and Zam. The commune is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the border with

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...

. It lies on the banks of the

Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș, the capital of Mureș County * Ocna Mureș, a town in Alba Cou ...

, with the villages of Pojoga and Sălciva on the left bank and the other component villages on the right bank. The river

Almaș Almaș () is a commune in Arad County, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia t ...

flows into the Mureș in Cerbia, while its right tributary, Valea Mare, flows into the Almaș in Pogănești; the river

Zam Zam () is the Avestan language term for the Zoroastrian concept of "earth", in both the sense of land and soil and in the sense of the world. The earth is viewed as a primordial element in Zoroastrian tradition, and represented by a minor div ...

flows into the Mureș in the village of Zam. Zam is crossed by

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was a main tran ...

DN7 DN7 () is a national road in Romania, which links Bucharest with the Banat region, in western Romania. It is further to the eastern European capitals Budapest and Belgrade via the border with Hungary at Nădlac. It is a high-traffic road and the ...

(part of

European route E68 European route E68 forms part of the United Nations International E-road network, linking Hungary with Romania. It starts in Szeged, Hungary, and ends in Brașov, Romania. Its total length is of which are in Hungary and in Romania. Its route ...

), which runs from

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

to the border with Hungary, at

Nădlac Nădlac (; ; ) is a town in Arad County, western Romania. A former part of the town lies across the border with Hungary; this village is called Nagylak. An international border town, Nădlac is the main border crossing into western Romania from H ...

; the county seat,

Deva Deva may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Deva, List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters, an ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition monster * Deva, in the 2023 Indian film ''Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefir ...

, is to the east. The Zam train station serves the CFR Line 200, which runs from

Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

Curtici Curtici ( Hungarian: ''Kürtös'', German: ''Kurtitsch'') is a town located in Arad County, in western Romania. The town is situated at a distance from the county capital, Arad, in the western part of Arad County. It is the most important railwa ...

Natives

Francisc Hossu-Longin Francisc Hossu-Longin (October 2, 1847 – February 12, 1935) was an Austrian Empire, Imperial Austrian-born Romanian lawyer and memoirist. Biography Origins and career Born in Zam, Hunedoara, Zam, Hunedoara County, in the Transylvania region, ...

References

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