Certeju de Sus ( hu, Felsőcsertés) is a commune in

Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian, it is known as , in German as , and in Slovak ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

. It is composed of nine villages: Bocșa Mare (''Boksatelep''), Bocșa Mică, Certeju de Sus, Hondol (''Hondol''; german: Hondolen), Măgura-Toplița (''Magura''), Nojag (''Nozság''), Săcărâmb (''Nagyág''; ''Gross-Astdorf''), Toplița Mureșului (''Toplica'') and Vărmaga (''Vormága''). The commune is the site of the Certej Mine and of the

1971 Certej dam failure The 1971 Certej dam failure was a flood due to the failure of a tailings dam at the Certej mine which led to the death of 89 people. It occurred on 30 October 1971 in Certeju de Sus commune, Hunedoara County, Romania. Background The tailing p ...

Natives

* Ioan Moța

References

Communes in Hunedoara County Localities in Transylvania Certeju {{Hunedoara-geo-stub