Lupeni

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Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Lupeni

|official_name=Lupeni


image_shield=Coa Lupeni HD RO.pngsubdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Hunedoara County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Autolink|Municipality
settlement_type=Municipality|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Cornel Resmeriţă
|leader_party=Social Democratic Party
area_total_km2=
population_as_of=2002
population_total=31409|latd=45|latm=21|lats=37|latNS=N|longd=23|longm=14|longs=18|longEW=E|
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 the government subsidies were halted, it proved inefficient and much of it was closed down in 1997.

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

External links

* [http://www.jiuvalley.com 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
* [http://www.lupeni.ro The Municipality of Lupeni] - official city website