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Balșa (, or Balza) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of fourteen villages: Almașu Mic de Munte (Kisalmás), Ardeu (Erdőfalva), Balșa, Bunești (Bunesd), Galbina (Galbina), Mada (Máda), Oprișești, Poiana (Pojána), Poienița (Váleajepi), Roșia, Stăuini, Techereu (Tekerő), Vălișoara (until 1960 Porcurea; Porkura), and Voia (Voja).

Key facts

Romanian subdivision.image_shield
ROU HD Balsa CoA.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
RO HD Balsa 5.jpg
Romanian subdivision.image_caption
Balșa village
Romanian subdivision.image_map
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Location in Hunedoara County
Romanian subdivision.leader_name
Traian Felician Jude
Romanian subdivision.leader_party
PNL
Romanian subdivision.leader_term
2024–2028
Romanian subdivision.elevation
526
Romanian subdivision.area_total
154.69
Romanian subdivision.population_total
auto
Romanian subdivision.postal_code
337015
Romanian subdivision.area_code
+40 x59
Romanian subdivision.type
commune
Romanian subdivision.county
Hunedoara
Romanian subdivision.name
Balșa

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Balșa (, or Balza) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of fourteen villages: Almașu Mic de Munte (Kisalmás), Ardeu (Erdőfalva), Balșa, Bunești (Bunesd), Galbina (Galbina), Mada (Máda), Oprișești, Poiana (Pojána), Poienița (Váleajepi), Roșia, Stăuini, Techereu (Tekerő), Vălișoara (until 1960 Porcurea; Porkura), and Voia (Voja).

At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 753; of those, 91.18% were Romanians and 1.2% were Roma.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balșa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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