Vața de Jos () 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: Basarabasa (''Baszarabásza''), Birtin (''Birtin''), Brotuna (''Brotuna''), Căzănești (''Kazanesd''), Ciungani (''Csungány''), Ocișor (''Ócsisor''), Ociu (''Olcs''), Prăvăleni (''Prevaleny''), Prihodiște (''Prihodest''), Tătărăștii de Criș (''Tataresd''), Târnava de Criș (''Ternáva''), Vața de Jos, and Vața de Sus (''Felváca''). The commune is located in the northern part of Hunedoara County, about west of the town of

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and northwest of the county seat,

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, on the border with

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. It is traversed by the

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. Vața de Jos is situated in a hilly area northeast of the northeast of the , in the upper reaches of the Crișul Alb River. It is crossed by several tributaries of this river: the

Prăvăleni The Prăvăleni is a left tributary of the river Crișul Alb in 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, Hung ...

flows through Ciungani, Prăvăleni, and Basarabasa villages and discharges into the Crișul Alb in Târnava de Criș, as does the

Obârșa The Obârșa is a right tributary of the river Crișul Alb in 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, Hungar ...

, while the

Ociu The Ociu is a right tributary of the river Crișul Alb in 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 ...

discharges into the Crișul Alb in Ocișor village.

Natives

Arsenie Boca Saint Arsenie (Boca) of Prislop (; 29 September 1910 – 28 November 1989) was a Romanian priest, theologian, mysticism, mystic, and artist. He was persecuted by the Romanian Communist Party. Born in Vața de Sus, Hunedoara County, he died a ...

(1910–1989), priest, theologian, mystic, and artist * Roman Codreanu (1952–2001), super-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler

References

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