Hunedoara County is located in South-Western Transylvania, historical province of Romania, and its county seat is the Municipality of Deva. From a geographical point of view, the relief of Hunedoara County is predominantly mountainous, and is divided by the Mureș River valley which crosses the county from East to West. To the North side there are the Apuseni Mountains, in the South-East the Șureanu Mountains, in the South the Parâng, Vâlcan and Retezat-Godeanu Mountain group, and in the West the Poiana Ruscă Mountains. The most important rivers that cross the county are Mureș, Strei, Râul Mare, Crișul Alb and Jiu.
Hunedoara County has an area of 7.062,67 km2 and according to the latest population census from 2011 had a population of 396,253 inhabitants. Hunedoara County benefits from the existence of a wide range of natural resources, among which can be mentioned: coal, ferrous and non-ferrous metal ores, stone quarries, thermal springs and the forest fund.
All these have led to the discovery of human material traces from all historical periods in Hunedoara County.

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