Râu de Mori explained

Type:commune
County:Hunedoara
Râu de Mori
Leader Name:Flaviu Dilertea
Leader Party:PSD
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Coordinates:45.5°N 73°W
Elevation:506
Area Total:386.12
Population Total:auto
Postal Code:337380
Area Code:+(40) 0254

Râu de Mori (Hungarian: Malomvíz, German: Mühlendorf) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eleven villages: Brazi (Gureny), Clopotiva (Klopotiva), Ohaba-Sibișel (Ohábasibisel), Ostrov (Nagyosztró), Ostrovel (Osztrovel), Ostrovu Mic (Kisosztró), Râu de Mori, Sibișel (Sebeshely), Suseni (Malomvízszuszény), Unciuc (Uncsukfalva), and Valea Dâljii (Vályadilsi).

The commune is situated at a mean altitude of, at the foot of the Retezat Mountains. It lies on the banks of the Râul Mare and its right tributaries, the Râușor and the Sibișel. The Gura Apelor Dam forms a reservoir, from which water is piped to the Râul Mare Hydroelectric Power Station, that generates 650 GWh of electricity per year.

Râu de Mori is located at the southeastern extremity of Hunedoara County, south of the county seat, Deva, on the border with Caraș-Severin and Gorj counties. It is situated in the historical and ethnographical area known as Țara Hațegului, southeast of its hub, the town of Hațeg.

At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 2,991; of those, 91.64% were Romanians and 1.71% Roma.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021. INSSE. ro. 31 May 2023.