Vinţu de Jos

Alba county

Coordinates: 45°59′N, 23°30′E

Vinţu de Jos, also known as Vinţ (German: Unter-Wintz, Winzendorf, Weinsdorf; Hungarian: Alvinc; Latin: Binstum) is a commune located in the centre of the Alba County, Romania. Apart from the centre of the commune, called Vinţu de Jos, the commune includes another 17 villages, namely Câmpu Goblii, Ciocaşu, Crişeni, Dealu Ferului, Gura Cuţului, Haţegana, Inuri, Laz, Mătăcina, Mereteu, Pârău lui Mihai, Poieniţa, Stăuini, Valea Goblii, Valea lui Mihai, Valea Vinţului, and Vurpăr.

Geography

Vinţu de Jos has a surface of 8,527 hectare and is located on the Mureş River, in the centre of Alba County, approximately 10 km from the city of Sebeş 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.

The commune is bordered by the city of Alba Iulia in the north-east, the city of Sebeş in the south-east, the communes of Pianu and Săliştea in the south, and the commune of Blandiana in the west.

Economy

The centre of the commune, Vinţu 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.

Demographics

The 2002 Census recorded that 5,295 people were 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. ^[1]

Local administration

The current mayor of the commune, as of 2006, is Alexandru Danciu (Democratic Party of Romania).

Tourist attractions

Vinţu de Jos' touristical objectives are the ruins of George Martinuzzi's Renaissance castle and of a former Dominican monastery.

Natives

• Joseph Alvinczy
• János Csató
• Zsigmond Kemény

External links

• (Romanian)Vinţu de Jos Archaeological Site

References

Alba County
Municipalities	Alba Iulia · Aiud · Blaj · Sebeş
Towns	Abrud · Baia de Arieş · Câmpeni · Cugir · Ocna Mureş · Teiuş · Zlatna
Communes	Albac · Almaşu Mare · Arieşeni · Avram Iancu · Berghin · Bistra · Blandiana · Bucium · Câlnic · Cenade · Cergău · Ceru-Băcăinţi · Cetatea de Baltă · Ciugud · Ciuruleasa · Crăciunelu de Jos · Cricău · Cut · Daia Română · Doştat · Fărău · Galda de Jos · Gârda de Sus · Gârbova · Hopârta · Horea · Ighiu · Întregalde · Jidvei · Livezile · Lupşa · Lopadea Nouă · Lunca Mureşului · Meteş · Mihalţ · Mirăslău · Mogoş · Noşlac · Ocoliş · Ohaba · Pianu · Poiana Vadului · Ponor · Poşaga · Rădeşti · Râmeţ · Rimetea · Roşia de Secaş · Roşia Montană · Sălciua · Săliştea · Sâncel · Săsciori · Sântimbru · Scărişoara · Stremţ · Şibot · Sohodol · Şpring · Şugag · Şona · Unirea · Vadu Moţilor · Valea Lungă · Vidra · Vinţu de Jos

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