Blăjeni ( hu, Blezseny) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in
Hunedoara County
Hunedoara County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion.
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as , in German as , and in Slovak ...
,
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
. It is composed of eight villages: Blăjeni, Blăjeni-Vulcan, Criș, Dragu-Brad, Groșuri, Plai, Reț and Sălătruc.
At the 2002 census, 100% of inhabitants were
ethnic Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...
and 99.4% were
Romanian Orthodox
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.
See also
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Crișul Alb River
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Țara Moților
Țara Moților (german: Motzenland), also known as ''Țara de Piatră'' ("The Stone Land") is an ethnogeographical region of Romania in the Apuseni Mountains, on the upper drainage basin, basin of the Arieș River (Mureș), Arieș and Crișul Alb ...
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Apuseni Mountains
The Apuseni Mountains ( ro, Munții Apuseni, hu, Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called ''Occidentali'' in Romanian. Their name translates from Ro ...
Gallery
File:Josephinische Landaufnahme pg136.jpg, Blăjeni in the Josephinian Land Survey
The Josephinian Land Survey (german: Josephinische Landesaufnahme) was the first comprehensive land survey and mapping of the Habsburg Empire. The survey was ordered by Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa after Austria's defeat in the Seven Years' W ...
cadastral maps, 1769-72
File:RO HD Grosuri 1.jpg, Wooden church "Annunciation" in the Grosuri village
File:Muntele Vulcan.jpg, Vulcan Mountain, nearby
File:CascadaPisoaia (2).JPG, Pișoaia Waterfall, nearby
References
External links
Blăjeni Town Hall WebsiteHistory of BlăjeniBlăjeni commune, historical places and leading personalities
Communes in Hunedoara County
Localities in Transylvania
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