Fârliug ( hu, Furlug) is a

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Caraș-Severin County Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...

, western

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. It is composed of six villages: Dezești (''Dezesd''), Duleu (''Dulló''), Fârliug, Remetea-Pogănici (''Pogányosremete''), Scăiuș (''Bojtorjános''), and Valea Mare (''Pogányosvölgy''). The commune is situated in the historical region of

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

, in the northern part of the county, on the border with

Timiș County Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...

. Fârliug is located north of

Reșița Reșița (; german: link=no, Reschitz; hu, Resicabánya; hr, Ričica; cz, Rešice; sr, Решица/Rešica; tr, Reşçe) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had ...

, the capital of Caraș-Severin County, and south of

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. It is crossed by

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. At the 2011 census, the commune had a population of 1,956 people, of which 88.65% were

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 ...

, 2.2%

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, 1.69%

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, and 1.18%

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(1935–2017), amateur wrestler. *

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(born 1956), priest of the

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, academic, and acting general secretary of the

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