Valea Lungă (formerly Hususău; German: Langenthal, Hungarian: Hosszúaszó) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. Is composed of six villages: Făget (Oláhbükkös), Glogoveț (Kisgalgóc), Lodroman (Lodormány), Lunca (Küküllőlonka), Tăuni (Hosszúpatak) and Valea Lungă.

Quick Facts Country, County ...

Valea Lungă
Commune
Location in Alba County
Valea Lungă Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°07′30″N 24°02′35″E
Country	Romania
County	Alba
Government
• Mayor (2020–2024)	Dan-Florin Aldea (AUR)
Area	74.99 km2 (28.95 sq mi)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population  (2021-12-01)[1]	2,904
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code	517815
Area code	(+40) 02 58
Vehicle reg.	AB
Website	www.valealunga-ab.ro

Close

The commune is located in the northeastern side of the county, on the border with Sibiu County. It lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, in the Târnava Mare meadow, about 11 km (6.8 mi) from Blaj, in the direction of Copșa Mică. Its 14th century Lutheran church is a historic monument.

Documentary of the existence of the village we have from the beginning of the fourteenth century. In 1309 reminded of the existence of an archdeacon of which was locality Valea Lungă, mentioning Arnold Longavalle priest of this town.^{[citation needed]}

In the 14th, century the village is also mentioned several times in historical documents. In 1322 Karol Robert, King of Hungary, donated the village of Valea Lungă with village Micăsasa to Count Nicolaus in Tălmaciu and the villages Panada and Sona Valley Small Târnavei. These places belonged to Prince Ladislaus this year which have been taken to infidelity and data Nicolaus. Nicolaus died in 1340 without leaving descendants.^{[citation needed]}

Tomas estate gives its ruler King except of Valea Lungă - this time called "Huziuazo" and Micăsasa village yet the king keeps in its field. Valea Lungă in 1359 is maintained in regal. In 1395 the town was in possession of several noble however. It recalls this year of a boundary between the villages and Balcaciu Jidvei and the Valea Lungă nobles here.^{[citation needed]}

• Vasile Aaron (1770—1822), lawyer and poet
• Vasile Aftenie (1899–1950), auxiliary bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, titular bishop of Ulpiana, and martyr of the faith
• Ioan Bianu (1856 or 1857–1935), philologist and bibliographer

• Lutheran church
• Reformed church (ca. 1780)
• Roman Catholic church
• Greek-Catholic church (1893)
• Romanian Orthodox church
• Village road
• Heroes' monument