Turdaș (Hungarian: Tordos, German: Tordesch) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Pricaz (Perkász), Râpaș (Répás), Spini (Pád) and Turdaș.

Turdaș
Commune
Reformed church in Turdaș
Location in Hunedoara County
Turdaș Location in Romania
Coordinates: 45.853°N 23.123°E / 45.853; 23.123
Country	Romania
County	Hunedoara
Population  (2011)[1]	1,801
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	HD

Turdaș has been attested to in various relics found in museums in Germany and Romania. The first is a tax collector report dated to 1334, where in the Catholic priest paid one silver mark in taxes; the Germans in the region were Catholic until the 16th century. According to the report the village had 56 "smokes" or chimneys, i.e. houses. Turdaș is located in an area of Transylvanian Saxon settlement, and the village traditionally had a strong German population.[2]^{[page needed]}[3]

This is the location of the Turdaş archaeological site, some 7000 years old. The archaeological site was a large Neolithic/Chalcolithic settlement along the course of the river Mureș. It was first researched by Zsófia Torma. The sub-culture Vinča-Turdaș (a late, regional variation of the Vinča culture) is named after this site. Some archaeological culture layers at this site are contemporary with the site at Tărtăria.

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