Valea Lungă, Alba

Valea Lungă
Commune

Location in Alba County
Valea Lungă Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°07′30″N 24°02′35″E / 46.12500°N 24.04306°E / 46.12500; 24.04306
Country	Romania
County	Alba County
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	2,907
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	www.valealunga-ab.ro

Valea Lungă (formerly Hususău; German: Langenthal, Hungarian: Hosszúaszó) is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. Is composed of six villages: Făget (Oláhbükkös), Glogoveț (Kisgalgóc), Lodroman (Lodormány), Lunca (Küküllőlonka), Tăuni (Hosszúpatak) and Valea Lungă.

The commune is located in the Târnava Mare meadow, about 11 km from Blaj, in the direction of Copșa Mică. Its 14th century Lutheran church is a historic monument.

History

Documentary of the existence of the village we have from the beginning of the fourteenth century. In 1309 reminded of the existence of an archdeacon of which was locality Valea Lungă, mentioning Arnold Longavalle priest of this town.

In the 14th, century the village is also mentioned several times in historical documents. In 1322 Karol Robert, king of Hungary, donated the village of Valea Lungă with village Micăsasa Count Nicolaus in Tălmaciu and villages Panada and Sona Valley Small Târnavei. These places belonged to Prince Ladislaus this year which have been taken to infidelity and data Nicolaus. Nicolaus died in 1340 without leaving descendants.

Tomas estate gives its ruler King except of Valea Lungă - this time called "Huziuazo" and Micăsasa village yet the king keeps in its field. Valea Lungă in 1359 is maintained in regal. In 1395 the town was in possession of several noble however. It recalls this year of a boundary between the villages and Balcaciu Jidvei and the Valea Lungă nobles here.

Lutheran church
Reformed church (ca. 1780)
Roman Catholic church
Greek-Catholic church (1893)
Romanian Orthodox church
Village road
Heroes' monument

References

↑ (Romanian) Populația stabilă după etnie - județe, municipii, orașe, comune, National Institute of Statistics; accessed December 30, 2015

Alba County, Romania

Cities	Alba Iulia (county seat) Aiud Blaj Sebeș

Towns	Abrud Baia de Arieș Câmpeni Cugir Ocna Mureș Teiuș Zlatna

Communes	Albac Almașu Mare Arieșeni Avram Iancu Berghin Bistra Blandiana Bucerdea Grânoasă Bucium Câlnic Cenade Cergău Ceru-Băcăinți Cetatea de Baltă Ciugud Ciuruleasa Crăciunelu de Jos Cricău Cut Daia Română Doștat Fărău Galda de Jos Gârbova Gârda de Sus Hopârta Horea Ighiu Întregalde Jidvei Livezile Lopadea Nouă Lunca Mureșului Lupșa Meteș Mihalț Mirăslău Mogoș Noșlac Ocoliș Ohaba Pianu Poiana Vadului Ponor Poșaga Rădești Râmeț Rimetea Roșia de Secaș Roșia Montană Sălciua Săliștea Sâncel Săsciori Sântimbru Scărișoara Stremț Șibot Sohodol Șpring Șugag Șona Unirea Vârtop Vadu Moților Valea Lungă Vidra Vințu de Jos

Coordinates: 46°07′30″N 24°02′35″E / 46.12500°N 24.04306°E / 46.12500; 24.04306

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