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- There's also a commune named Lupeni in Harghita County
Lupeni (German: Schylwolfsbach, Hungarian: Lupény) is a mining city in the Jiu Valley in Hunedoara County, Romania with a population of 31,409.
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 the government subsidies were halted, it proved inefficient and much of it was closed down in 1997.
[edit] Population
[edit] By nationality
- Romanian: 27,965
- Hungarian: 3,804
- Roma (Gypsy): 713
- German: 182
- Polish: 104
- Saxon: 40
[edit] By religion
- Orthodox: 25,065
- Roman Catholic: 2,862
- Greek Catholic: 2,032
- Reformed/Lutheran: 1,429
- Other: 1,432
[edit] External Links
- Jiu Valley Portal - the home of the Official Jiu Valley City Websites and a gateway to the Retezat Mountains and other destinations in the Transylvanian Alps
