VinÃÂu de Jos, also known as Vinà(; ; ; ), is a commune located in the centre of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eighteen villages: Câmpu Goblii (Unter-Eisenberg; Telekvinc), CiocaÃÂu (Zoggesch; Csókás), CriÃÂeni (Krieschen), Dealu Ferului (Eisenberg; Vashegy), Gura CuÃÂului (Gurrenkutz), HaÃÂegana (Hetzingen), Inuri (Lilienfeld; Borsómezà Â), Laz (Slawendorf), MÃÂtÃÂcina (Mattatschin), Mereteu (Merethof; MerÃÂtà Â), PârÃÂu lui Mihai (Michelsdorf), PoieniÃÂa (Pojenitz), StÃÂuini (Stabing), Valea Goblii (Goblsdorf; Goblipatak), Valea lui Mihai (Michaelsdorf), Valea VinÃÂului (Wintzbach; Valye Vinci), VinÃÂu de Jos, and VurpÃÂr (Burgberg-Walbersdorf; Borberek).
VinÃÂu de Jos has a surface of and is located on the river MureÃÂ, in the centre of Alba County, approximately from the city of SebeÃÂ on the Romanian National Road DN7, and from the county capital, Alba Iulia on the Romanian County Road 107C and the Romanian National Road DN1.
The commune is bordered by the commune of MeteÃÂ to the north, the city of Alba Iulia in the north-east, the city of SebeÃÂ in the south-east, the communes of Pianu and SÃÂliÃÂtea in the south, and the commune of Blandiana in the west.
The centre of the commune, VinÃÂu de Jos, has a large train station and houses a shoe factory. The train station is an important connection station that links the CFR-Romanian Railways main lines 200 and 300 via the line 200A. It is also on the route of the original Orient Express.
The 2002 census recorded 5,295 people living at the time in the commune, of which 5,108 (96.5%) Romanians, 90 (1.7%) Roma, 76 (1.4%) Hungarians, and 8 (0.2%) Germans. At the 2021 census, VinÃÂu de Jos had a population of 4,923; of those, 91.61% were Romanians.
VinÃÂu de Jos' tourist objectives include: