Poșaga | |
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_-_Dec_2019.jpg) Lunca Arieșului (Poșaga), seen fromUgerului Peak | |
 Location in Alba County | |
  Poșaga Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates:46°28′N23°23′E / 46.467°N 23.383°E /46.467; 23.383 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Alba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Ionel Bulgăr (PNL) |
Area | 136.28 km2 (52.62 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 835 |
| • Density | 6.13/km2 (15.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 517575 |
| Area code | +40 x58 |
| Vehicle reg. | AB |
| Website | comunaposaga |
Poșaga (German:Puschendorf;Hungarian:Podsága) is acommune located inAlba 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 (the commune center;Alsópodsága), Poșaga de Sus (Felsőpodsága) and Săgagea (Szegázs).
The commune is situated in theApuseni Mountains, between theTrascău Mountains andMuntele Mare [ro], at the confluence of thePoșaga andArieș rivers. It is located in the northern part of the county, on the border withCluj County. The villages of Lunca and Poșaga de Jos are crossed bynational roadDN76 [ro];Baia de Arieș is 23 km (14 mi) to the west andTurda is 40 km (25 mi) to the east. ThePoșaga Gorge [ro] is a 10 ha (25 acres) protected area along the river Poșaga, between Poșaga de Jos and Poșaga de Sus.
Leon Șușman, the leader of an armedanti-communist resistance group from the 1950s, died in Poșaga de Sus in a shootout withSecuritate troops in July 1957.
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