Ghelari ( hu, Gyalár) 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 as ...
,
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 four villages: Ghelari, Govăjdia (''Govasdia''), Plop and Ruda.
Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011
2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică
The National Institute of Statistics ( ro, Institutul Național de Statistică, INS) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The ...
, accessed 20 February 2020.
Govăjdia village is the site of the Govăjdia Blast Furnace __NOTOC__
The Govăjdia Blast Furnace is a disused blast furnace in Govăjdia village, Ghelari Commune, Hunedoara County, in the Transylvania region of Romania.
An earlier blast furnace had been set up at Toplița in 1781, but the quantity of ra ...
.
Natives
* Sandu Florea
Sandu Florea (; born 28 June 1946) is a Romanian-American comic book and comic strip creator, also known as an inker and book illustrator. A trained architect and a presence on the science fiction scene during the 1970s, he became a professional ...
See also
* Orthodox Church of Ghelar
References
Communes in Hunedoara County
Localities in Transylvania
Mining communities in Romania
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