Ghelari () 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 , ...
,
Transylvania
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,
Romania
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. It is composed of four villages: Ghelari, Govăjdia (''Govasdia''), Plop, and Ruda.
Populaţia stabilă pe județe, municipii, orașe și localităti componenete la RPL_2011
2011 census results, Institutul Național de Statistică
The National Institute of Statistics (, INS) is a Romanian government agency which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. The institute is also responsible for conduct ...
, accessed 20 February 2020.
The commune is located in the central part of the county, southwest of Hunedoara
Hunedoara (; ; ) is a municipiu, city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (''Bós''), Groș (''Grós''), Hășdat (''Hosdát ...
.
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 r ...
.
Natives
* Sandu Florea
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(born 1946), Romanian-American comic book and comic strip creator
See also
*Orthodox Church of Ghelar
The Orthodox Church of Ghelari is a Romanian Orthodox church in Ghelari, Romania.
Preceding structures
The original church was made of wood, but it was pulled down in the 19th century.
The stone church that is still standing today was built by ...
*Transylvanian mining railway
The Transylvanian Mining Railway was a local interest narrow-gauge (760mm gauge) railway which was the first mining railway in Transylvania. This railway was built to ease the transportation of the iron ore mined from the iron ore mines from Ghelar ...
References
Communes in Hunedoara County
Localities in Transylvania
Mining communities in Romania
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