Lupeni
- There's also a commune named Lupeni in Harghita County
Lupeni | |
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Municipality | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Lupeni | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Hunedoara County |
| Status | Municipality |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cornel Resmeriţă (Social Democratic Party) |
| Population (2002) | |
• Total | 31,409 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | http://www.lupeni.ro |
Lupeni (German: Schylwolfsbach, Hungarian: Lupény) is a mining city in the Jiu Valley in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 31,409. It is one of the oldest and largest cities in the Jiu Valley. It is located on the banks of the West Jiu river within the Petrosani Depression, at a height varying between 630 m (in the east) and 760 m. The distance from Lupeni to Petrosani is 18 km (DN66A), and to Deva (the capital of Hunedoara County) is 114 km.
The name is derived from the Romanian "lup" meaning "wolf".
It was the site of the Lupeni Strike of 1929. The mining industry once employed 80% of the workers in the city, but after government subsidies were halted, it proved inefficient and much of it was closed down in 1997. The city's remaining active mine is the Lupeni Coal Mine managed by the Petrosani-based National Hard Coal Company.
Population
By nationality
- Romanian: 27,965
- Hungarian: 3,804
- Roma (Gypsy): 713
- German: 182
- Polish: 104
- Saxon: 40
By religion
- Orthodox: 25,065
- Roman Catholic: 2,862
- Greek Catholic: 2,032
- Reformed/Lutheran: 1,429
- Other: 1,432
See also
External links
- The Municipality of Lupeni - official city website
- Jiu Valley Portal - the regional portal host of the Lupeni city website
- Science Highschool of Lupeni
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