Crăciunelu De Jos
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Crăciunelu de Jos (german: Christendorf, hu, Alsókarácsonfalva) is a commune located in the eastern part of Alba County,
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,
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. It has a population of 1,954 as of 2021. It is composed of a single village, Crăciunelu de Jos. It also included four other villages until 2006, when they were split off to form
Bucerdea Grânoasă Bucerdea Grânoasă (german: Burhardsdorf; hu, Búzásbocsárd) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 2,234. It is composed of four villages: Bucerdea Grânoasă, Cornu (''Kornujalja''), Pădure (''Sz ...
Commune. The commune is situated on the right bank of the Târnava River, on the western side of the Transylvanian Plateau. It lies at a distance of from Blaj, from Teiuș, and from the county seat, Alba Iulia; it is traversed by the national road DN14B which joins Blaj (to the east) to Teiuș (to the west). There is also a train station that serves Line 300 of the CFR network, which runs from
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to Blaj to Teiuș and then on towards the Hungarian border.


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