Băița (, ) 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 eleven villages: Barbura (''Bárbura''), Băița, Căinelu de Sus (''Felsőkajanel''), Crăciunești (''Krecsunesd''), Fizeș (''Füzesd''), Hărțăgani (''Hercegány''), Lunca (''Nyavajásfalva''), Ormindea (''Ormingya''), Peștera (''Pestyere''), Săliște (''Szelistye''), and Trestia (''Tresztia''). The commune is situated in the northern part of the county, at the foot of the

Metaliferi Mountains Metaliferi Mountains (; ), meaning Ore Mountains, are in the Carpathian Mountain Range and are a division of the Apuseni Mountains. Peaks The highest peak is , with an elevation of . The range also includes the '' Detunatele'', a pair of basalt ...

. It is dominated by the Setraș Peak, with an altitude of , and other hay-like peaks which provide evidence of volcanic eruptions in the area. Băița is located at a distance of from

Deva Deva may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Deva, List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters, an ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 2nd edition monster * Deva, in the 2023 Indian film ''Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefir ...

and from Brad. It borders the following communes: Crișcior and Bucureșci to the north,

Balșa Balșa (, or ''Balza'') is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, 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 ea ...

and

Certeju de Sus Certeju de Sus () is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, 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, Hun ...

to the east,

Șoimuș Șoimuș (, ) is a Commune in Romania, commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Bălata (''Balátatelep''), Bejan (''Bezsán''), Bejan-Târnăvița (''Bezsántelep''), Boholt (''Boholt''), Căinelu de Jo ...

to the south, and Vălișoara to the west. It is crossed by

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DJ706A, which runs from Șoimuș to Vălișoara. For about 20 years, the Ormindea train station served the

Căile Ferate Române Căile Ferate Române (; abbreviated as the CFR) was the state railway carrier of Romania. The company was dissolved on 1 October 1998 by splitting into several successor companies. CFR as an entity existed from 1880, even though the first ra ...

Line 209, which connected Brad to Deva. Construction of the rail line started in April 1939. During

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and

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prisoners of war worked on the project; up to a 1,000 are said to have died due to the harsh conditions there. The project was restarted in 1960, with a rail bridge over the river Mureș, and was completed in the mid-1980s.

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