Poșaga
Poșaga (German: Puschendorf; Hungarian: Podsága) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,383, and is composed of seven villages: Corțești, Incești (Jencsest), Lunca (Aranyoslonka), Orăști (Orest), Poșaga de Jos (the commune center; Alsópodsága), Poșaga de Sus (Felsőpodsága) and Săgagea (Szegázs).
Poșaga | |
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_-_Dec_2019.jpg.webp) Lunca Arieșului (Poșaga), seen from Ugerului Peak, December 2019 | |
 Location in Alba County | |
  Poșaga Location in Romania | |
| Coordinates: 46°28′N 23°23′E | |
| Country |  Romania |
| County | Alba |
| Population (2011)[1] | 1,048 |
| Time zone | EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3) |
| Vehicle reg. | AB |
Leon Șușman, the leader of an armed anti-communist resistance group from the 1950s, died in Poșaga de Sus in a shootout with Securitate troops in July 1957.
References
- "Populaţia stabilă pe judeţe, municipii, oraşe şi localităti componenete la RPL_2011" (in Romanian). National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
Poșaga de Jos
Wooden church in Poșaga de Sus
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