Vidra ( or Kisaranyos) is a commune, located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is the commune with the second highest number of villages (39) in Romania. These are: BÃÂi, BobÃÂreÃÂti, BogdÃÂneÃÂti, BordeÃÂtii Poieni, CuldeÃÂti, Dealu GoieÃÂti, Dos, Dosu Luncii, Dosu VÃÂseÃÂti, DrÃÂgoieÃÂti-LuncÃÂ, FicÃÂreÃÂti, GligoreÃÂti, GoieÃÂti, HaiduceÃÂti, HÃÂrÃÂÃÂti, HoancÃÂ, JefleÃÂti, Lunca, Lunca Bisericii, Lunca de Jos, Lunca GoieÃÂti, Lunca VeseÃÂti, ModoleÃÂti, NemeÃÂi, OideÃÂti, PitÃÂrceÃÂti, PleÃÂcuÃÂa, Poieni, Ponorel (Aranyosponor), PuiuleÃÂeÃÂti, Runc, Segaj, UrdeÃÂ, VâlcÃÂneasa, VâlceÃÂti, Valea Morii, VârtÃÂneÃÂti, VÃÂseÃÂti and Vidra. It also included Vidra de Sus and other villages until 1924, when they were split off to form Avram Iancu Commune.
The commune, and the area surrounding it (ÃÂara Vidrelor), is named after the otter, a semiaquatic mammal which lives around there. The area has been inhabited since the Dacians and the Roman conquest, due to its proximity to the gold mining sites of the Apuseni Mountains.
Its current mayor is Doru Petricele, elected in 2020. The previous mayor, Ioan Alexandru Resiga, was in office from 2004 until 2020.