Zam ( hu, Zám; german: Sameschdorf) is a commune 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 ...

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 ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

. It is composed of thirteen villages: Almaș-Săliște (''Almásszelistye''), Almășel (''Almasel''), Brășeu (''Brassó''), Cerbia (''Cserbia''), Deleni, Godinești (''Godinesd''), Micănești (''Mikanesd''), Pogănești (''Poganesd''), Pojoga (''Pozsga''), Sălciva (''Szolcsva''), Tămășești (''Tamasesd''), Valea, and Zam. The commune is located in the northwestern part of the county, on the border with

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...

. It lies on the banks of the

Mureș River Mureș may refer to: * Mureș County, Romania * Mureș (river) in Romania and Hungary (''Maros'') * Mureș culture, a Bronze Age culture from Romania See also * Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș C ...

, with the villages of Pojoga and Sălciva on the left bank and the other component villages on the right bank. The river

Almaș Almaș ( hu, Háromalmás) is a commune in Arad County, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, H ...

flows into the Mureș in Cerbia, while its right tributary, Valea Mare, flows into the Almaș in Pogănești; the river

Zam Zam or ZAM or similar may refer to: Places *Zam, Burkina Faso, a town **Zam Department *Zam Rural District of Iran * Zam, Hunedoara, a commune in Romania * Zam (river), Hunedoara County, Romania People * ZAM-1, Australian artist and designer * ...

flows into the Mureș in the village of Zam. Zam is crossed by

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the Federal Government of the United States, federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Pot ...

DN7 DN7 ( ro, Drumul Național 7) is a national road in Romania which links Bucharest with the Banat region, in western Romania, and further to the eastern European capitals Budapest and Belgrade via the border with Hungary at Nădlac. It is a high ...

(part of

European route E68 European route E68 forms part of the United Nations International E-road network, linking Hungary with Romania. It starts in Szeged, Hungary, and ends in Braşov, Romania. Its total length is of which are in Hungary and in Romania. ...

), which runs from

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north ...

to the border with Hungary, at

Nădlac Nădlac (; sk, Nadlak; hu, Nagylak) is a town in western Romania, Arad County. A former part of the town lies across the border with Hungary; this village is called Nagylak. An international border town, Nădlac is the main border crossing into ...

; the county seat, Deva, is to the east. The Zam train station serves the CFR Line 200, which runs from

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census ( 2011), Brașov has a po ...

Curtici Curtici ( Hungarian: ''Kürtös'', German: ''Kurtitsch'') is a town located in Arad County, in western Romania. The town is situated at a distance from the county capital, Arad, in the western part of Arad County. It is the most important railwa ...

Natives

Francisc Hossu-Longin Francisc Hossu-Longin (October 2, 1847 – February 12, 1935) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian lawyer and memoirist. Biography Origins and career Born in Zam, Hunedoara County, in the Transylvania region, his parents were Mihai Lupu ...

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