Geoagiu

Geoagiu is a town in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is on the Mureş river at an altitude of 217 meters. The river with the same name (Geoagiu) flows in this place into the Mureş. The town has a population of about 6,500.

Understand
The first settlements in the area can be found in the time of the Dacians, in the 1st century BC, as shown by archeological discoveries. After the Roman conquest, the Romans built the fort of Germinsana in the 2nd century, however, it kept the original Dacian name.

The name of Germisana meant hot water and it showed that the Dacians already knew of the thermal springs of the area. Another opinion that the name came from the Hungarian name of the river Gyógy which means curative. But more probably, the name is coming from the Hungarian word dió (nut as fruit) with the suffix -d, so, after the first documentary citation, villa Gyog from 1291 appeared as Dyod és Dyog (1397), Aldyogh (1407), Algyogh (1412), Aldyod (1439), Alsodyod alio nomine Alsoffalwa (around 1444).

The first documentary citation of Geoagiu (it was written as villa Gyog) was in the year 1291, when it was used as a land in the vicinity of Bintinti (now the village Aurel Vlaicu).

By car
To reach Geaogiu you must take county road DJ 705 which is a branch from E68/DN7 between Orastie and Sebes.

Get around
You can get around on foot.

Hiking

 * Madei Gorge-12 km
 * Ardeului Gorge - 12 km
 * Bacaiei Gorge - 14 km
 * Cibului Gorge - 15 km
 * Glodului Gorge - 12 km
 * Cigmaului Cave
 * Geoagiu-Bai Fall
 * Geoagiu-Bai Cave

Phone
Geoagiu area code is 254 for Romtelecom and 354 for RDS.If you are calling from Romania you must dial 0254(0354) and if you are calling from abroad you must dial +40254(+40354).

Go next

 * Orastie
 * Deva
 * Hunedoara
 * Hateg
 * Petrosani