Vințu de Jos

Vințu de Jos, also known as Vinț (German: Unter-Wintz, Winzendorf, Alvinz, Weinsdorf; Hungarian: Alvinc; Latin: Binstum; Turkish: Aşağı Vinçazvar), is a commune located in the centre of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eighteen villages: Câmpu Goblii (Unter-Eisenberg; Telekvinc), Ciocașu (Zoggesch; Csókás), Crișeni (Krieschen), Dealu Ferului (Eisenberg; Vashegy), Gura Cuțului (Gurrenkutz), Hațegana (Hetzingen), Inuri (Lilienfeld; Borsómező), Laz (Slawendorf), Mătăcina (Mattatschin), Mereteu (Merethof; Merítő), Pârău lui Mihai (Michelsdorf), Poienița (Pojenitz), Stăuini (Stabing), Valea Goblii (Goblsdorf; Goblipatak), Valea lui Mihai (Michaelsdorf), Valea Vințului (Wintzbach; Valye Vinci), Vințu de Jos and Vurpăr (Burgberg-Walbersdorf; Borberek).

Vințu de Jos
Commune
Reformed church in Vințu de Jos
Location in Alba County
Vințu de Jos
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45°59′N 23°30′E
Country Romania
CountyAlba
Government
 • MayorIon Iosif Josan
Area
85.27 km2 (32.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
4,801
 • Density56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.AB
Websitehttps://vintudejos.ro

Geography

Vințu de Jos has a surface of 8,527 hectares and is located on the Mureş River, in the centre of Alba County, approximately 10 km from the city of Sebeș on the Romanian National Road DN7, and 15 km from the county capital, Alba Iulia on the Romanian County Road 107C and the Romanian National Road DN1.[2]

The commune is bordered by the city of Alba Iulia in the north-east, the city of Sebeș in the south-east, the communes of Pianu and Săliștea in the south, and the commune of Blandiana in the west.[2]

Economy

The centre of the commune, Vințu de Jos, has a large train station and houses a shoe factory. The train station is an important connection station that links the CFR-Romanian Railways main lines 200 and 300 via the line 200A. It is also on the route of the original Orient Express.[2]

Demographics

The 2002 census recorded 5,295 people living at the time in the commune, of which 5,108 (96.5%) Romanians, 90 (1.7%) Roma, 76 (1.4%) Hungarians and 8 (0.2%) Germans.[3]

Tourist attractions
Ruins of the Martinuzzi Castle
Ruin of the fortified church of Vurpăr

Vințu de Jos' tourist objectives include:[2]

Natives

References
  1. "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. "Descoperă comuna noastră!". vintudejos.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  3. (in Romanian) "Vințu de Jos", at the Erdélyi Magyar Adatbank's Recensământ 2002; Retrieved on April 16, 2016.
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