Mogoș
commune in Alba County, Romania
Mogoș (German: Mogusch; Hungarian: Mogos) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 647 as of 2021. It is composed of 21 villages: Bărbești, Bârlești (Mogosbirlesty), Bârlești-Cătun, Bârzogani, Bocești, Bogdănești, Butești, Cojocani (Mogoskozsokány), Cristești, Mămăligani (Mamaligány), Mogoș, Negrești, Oncești, Poienile-Mogoș, Tomești, Valea Bârluțești, Valea Barnii (Valeabarni), Valea Cocești, Valea Giogești (Gyogyel), Valea Mlacii, and Valea Țupilor.
The commune is situated in the southeastern part of the Apuseni mountain group, with the Trascău Mountains to the east, the Muntele Mare to the north, and the Metaliferi Mountains to the west.
Mogoș lies 25 km (16 mi) east of the town of Abrud and 55 km (34 mi) northwest of the county seat, Alba Iulia. It is traversed by county roads DJ107K, which connects to national road DN1 in Galda de Jos, and DJ107I, which connects to DN74 near Abrud.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Mogoș” is commune in Alba County, Romania. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Mogoș, commune and Alba, not as a finished interpretation.
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The phrase “commune in Alba County, Romania” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16425313. Authority coordinates are 46.263, 23.292. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2021.
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This entry incorporates text from “Mogoș” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.