Hațeg
Sign in to save300px|right Hațeg (; ; ) is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 8,793 as of 2021. Three villages are administered by the town: Nălațvad (Nalácvád), Silvașu de Jos (Alsószilvás), and Silvașu de Sus (Felsőszilvás). It is situated in the southwestern reaches of the historical region of Transylvania.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Hunedoara
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU HD Hateg CoA.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Hatszeg latkepe.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Hațeg panorama
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Hateg jud Hunedoara.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Hunedoara County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Adrian-Emilian Pușcaș
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 315
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 64.33
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 335500
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +(40) 0254
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300px|right Hațeg (; ; ) is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 8,793 as of 2021. Three villages are administered by the town: Nălațvad (Nalácvád), Silvașu de Jos (Alsószilvás), and Silvașu de Sus (Felsőszilvás). It is situated in the southwestern reaches of the historical region of Transylvania.
The town is the center of the ethnocultural and historical region of Țara Hațegului. It lies at an altitude of , on the banks of the Râul Galben. Hațeg is located in the south-central part of Hunedoara County, south of the county seat, Deva. Hațeg Island, a large island that existed in the Tethys Ocean during the late Cretaceous period and the giant pterosaur that lived on the island, Hatzegopteryx are named after the town.