Alun
Alun is a hamlet in Boșorod, Hunedoara County and has about 130 residents. Alun is situated nearby to the hamlet Târsa, as well as near the village Cioclovina.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress.
Piatra Roșie Dacian fortress
Photo: România de vis, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
Piatra Roșie, which means Red Rock, was a Dacian hill fort two days march to the west from Costești-Cetățuie fortress, at Luncani in Boșorod commune, Hunedoara County.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Târsa and Cioclovina.
Târsa
Hamlet
Photo: Saturnian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Târsa is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km north of Alun.
Cioclovina
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cioclovina is a village, which is situated 3 km southwest of Alun.
Luncani
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luncani is a village, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Alun.
Alun
- Type: Hamlet with 130 residents
- Description: village in Hunedoara County, Romania
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Boșorod, Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
45.60855° or 45° 36′ 31″ northLongitude
23.1597° or 23° 9′ 35″ eastPopulation
130Elevation
551 metres (1,808 feet)Open location code
8GQ5J555+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 461627490OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
686401Wikidata ID
Q2912267
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Alun” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alun”
- Chechen: “Алун (Бошород, Хунедоара)”
- Chechen: “Алун”
- Dutch: “Alun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الون”
- Esperanto: “Alun”
- Esperanto: “Álun”
- French: “Alun”
- Hungarian: “Alun”
- Italian: “Alun”
- Polish: “Alun (gmina Boșorod)”
- Polish: “Alun”
- Romanian: “Alun (Boşorod)”
- Romanian: “Alun, Hunedoara”
- Romanian: “Alun”
- Serbian: “Алун”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alun, Boșorod”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alun”
- Tatar: “Алун (Бошород, Хунедоара)”
- Tatar: “Алун”
- Ukrainian: “Алун”
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