Livezile (until 1960 ''Cacova''; german: Laßlenkirch, hu, Úrháza) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

located in Alba County,

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 ...

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. It is composed of four villages: Izvoarele (''Bedellő''), Livezile, Poiana Aiudului (''Nyírmező''), and Vălișoara (''Torockógyertyános''). The commune is situated in the northern foothills of the

Trascău Mountains The Trascău Mountains ( ro, Munții Trascăului) are located in the Apuseni mountain range of the Western Romanian Carpathians, in Romania. The Trascău Mountains are crossed by the picturesque Arieș River valley. The highest elevation in th ...

, in the

Apuseni 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 ...

mountain range. It lies on the banks of the Aiud River; its tributaries, the rivers Inzel and Rachiș, flow through Poiana Aiudului. Located in the northern part of the county, Livezile is at a distance of from the city of

Aiud Aiud (; la, Brucla, hu, Nagyenyed, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Straßburg am Mieresch) is a city located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. The city's population is 22,876. It has the status of municipality and is the 2nd-largest c ...

, and from the county seat,

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; german: Karlsburg or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; hu, Gyulafehérvár; la, Apulum) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the Mureș River in the historica ...

. It is crossed by

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DJ107M, which connects Aiud to Iara, in

Cluj County Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye ...

. The road passes through the nearby (''Cheile Vălișoarei'', or ''Cheile Aiudului''), which belong to the administrative territory of the commune. The gorges are long, wide, and high. The walls of the gorges house 27 small caves with shallow karst shapes: lapis lazuli, vaults, and arches, the largest one being . The caves are home to rare species of invertebrates and

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most ...

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