Geoagiu | |
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 Agricultural high school in Geoagiu | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Hunedoara County | |
  Geoagiu Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates:45°55′12″N23°12′0″E / 45.92000°N 23.20000°E /45.92000; 23.20000 | |
| Country | Romania |
| County | Hunedoara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2024) | Vasile Cărăguț[2] (PSD) |
Area | 155.69 km2 (60.11 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-01)[1] | 5,087 |
| • Density | 32.67/km2 (84.63/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 335400 |
| Area code | (+40) 02 54 |
| Vehicle reg. | HD |
| Website | www |
Geoagiu (Hungarian:Algyógy,German:Gergesdorf) is a town inHunedoara County, in the historical region ofTransylvania,Romania. It administers ten villages: Aurel Vlaicu (until 1925Binținți;Bencenc), Băcâia (Bakonya), Bozeș (Bózes), Cigmău (Csigmó), Gelmar (Gyalmár), Geoagiu-Băi (Feredőgyógy), Homorod (Homoród), Mermezeu-Văleni (Nyírmező), Renghet (Renget), and Văleni (Valény).
The town lies on the banks of theMureș River, at an altitude of 217 m (712 ft) above sea level. The river with the same name (Geoagiu) and the riverRomos flow in this place into the Mureș. Geoagiu is located in the eastern part of Hunedoara County, 11 km (6.8 mi) north of the city ofOrăștie and 29 km (18 mi) east of the county seat,Deva, on the border withAlba County.
TheA1 motorway and thenational roadDN7 (which linkBucharest with theBanat region, in western Romania) pass though the southern side of the town. The Aurel Vlaicu and Geoagiu train stations serve theCFRMain Line 200, running in the same direction.
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The first settlements in the area can be found in the time of theDacians, in the 1st century BC, as shown by archeological discoveries. After theRoman conquest, theRomans built thefort of Germisara in the 2nd century, however, it kept the original Dacian name.
The name ofGermisara meant "hot water" (germi = "heat",sara = "waterfall") and it showed that the Dacians already knew of the thermal springs of the area. Another opinion that the name came from theHungarian name of theGeoagiu River (Gyógy), which means "curative". But more probably, the name is coming from the Hungarian worddió (nut as fruit) with the suffix -d, so, after the first documentary citation, "villa Gyog" from 1291 appeared as Dyod és Dyog (1397), Aldyogh (1407), Algyogh (1412), Aldyod (1439), Alsodyod alio nomine Alsoffalwa (around 1444).
The first documentary citation of Geoagiu (it was written as "villa Gyog") was in the year 1291, when it was used as a land in the vicinity ofBinținți (now the villageAurel Vlaicu).
There are remains of the old Roman road from Geoagiu to Geoagiu-Băi made of flat stones.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6,290 | — |
| 2011 | 5,049 | −19.7% |
| 2021 | 5,087 | +0.8% |
| Source: Census data | ||
At the2011 census, Geoagiu had 5,049 inhabitants; of those, 89.7% wereRomanians, 8.81%Roma, and 0.71%Hungarians. At the2021 census, the town had a population of 5,087, of which 75.62% were Romanians and 14.53% Roma.[3]
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