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Galda de Jos (; ) is a commune located in
Alba County Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...
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Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...
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Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. It is composed of eleven villages: Benic (''Borosbenedek''), Cetea (''Csáklya''), Galda de Jos (''Alsógáld''), Galda de Sus (''Felsőgáld''), Lupșeni, Măgura, Mesentea (''Kismindszent''), Oiejdea (''Vajasd''), Poiana Galdei, Răicani (''Rajkány''), and Zăgriș. The commune lies on the banks of the river Galda, in the central-north part of the county, southwest of
Teiuș Teiuș (, ; ) is a town in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 6,308 inhabitants as of 2021. The town, declared as such in 1994, administers four villages: Beldiu (''Marosbéld''), Căpud (''Magyarkapud''), Coșlariu Nou ('' ...
and north of the county seat,
Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; ; ) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș (river), Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a ...
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See also

* List of massacres in Romania for 1849 massacre of Hungarians


References

Communes in Alba County Localities in Transylvania {{Alba-geo-stub