Lunca Arieșului

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Lunca Arieșului

Total population

255

Elevation411 m

Coordinates46.44°, 23.46°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Poșaga is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 835 as of 2021, and is composed of seven villages: Corțești, Incești (Jencsest), Lunca (Aranyoslonka), Orăști (Orest), Poșaga de Jos, Poșaga de Sus (Felsőpodsága), and Săgagea (Szegázs).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

J

János Bartók

I

István Borbély

Hungarian literary historian

J

János Gergely

Hungarian botanist from Romania (1928-1989)

M

Máté Toroczkai

Bishop of the Unitarian Church in Cluj

V

Valeriu Tabără

Romanian politician

A

Andor Czupor

S

Simon Tamás

Romanian actor

János Gáspár

Hungarian teacher (1816–1892)

C

Cornel Nistea

Romanian writer

I

István Lázár

Hungarian Unitarian pastor and philosopher (1742–1811)

E

Elie Bufnea

Romanian lawyer

C

Carmen Maria Racolța

Romanian party singer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Alba

• Fitzgerald
  4667.8 mi away · pop. 9
• Garden River
  4777.2 mi away · pop. 706
• Fort McKay
  4826.3 mi away · pop. 742
• Hutch Lake Cottage Area
  4833.7 mi away
• Fort Vermilion
  4834.2 mi away · pop. 727
• North Tallcree
  4847.2 mi away · pop. 225
• Saprae Creek
  4847.8 mi away · pop. 572
• Anzac
  4857.8 mi away · pop. 548
• Chateh
  4859.9 mi away
• Gregoire Lake Estates
  4860.9 mi away · pop. 165
• Janvier South
  4890.7 mi away · pop. 100
• Wabasca-Desmarais
  4941 mi away

Browse all places in Alba →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Great Stonecrop

Hylotelephium maximum

Seen 2026-08-30

willow gentian

Gentiana asclepiadea

Seen 2026-08-30

Large Copper

Lycaena dispar

Seen 2026-08-28

Red Deer

Cervus elaphus

Seen 2026-08-25

Dryad

Minois dryas

Seen 2026-08-22

Sooty Copper

Lycaena tityrus

Seen 2026-08-22

Scarce Copper

Lycaena virgaureae

Seen 2026-08-22

Brown Hairstreak

Thecla betulae

Seen 2026-08-22

European Peacock Butterfly

Aglais io

Seen 2026-08-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).