Aiud — Nagyenyed in Hungarian — is a town in the valley of the Aiud river, about thirty kilometres north-east of Alba Iulia. Its small Jewish community is documented from the 19th century and numbered 464 people in 1930. The community’s registers of births, marriages and deaths are kept in the county archives in Alba Iulia, some of them written in Hebrew. In the war the town remained in Romanian-ruled Southern Transylvania, and the community continued to exist as an organised body. Today almost no Jews live here; the cemetery, held by the Alba Iulia community, is the main witness to the community.
In 1930 about 460 Jews lived in Aiud, some thirty kilometres from Alba Iulia. Its synagogues have faded from the record, but the community’s registers survive in the archives, and the cemetery still stands…
The Federation’s directory lists no Jewish community in Aiud. The nearest registered community is in Alba Iulia, about 30 km away as the crow flies.
Details from the community directory of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania (FCER), checked on 5 November 2026. Contact the community before visiting to arrange access to the synagogue or cemetery and to ask about a minyan and kosher food. FCER community directory
No address on the official list
No address on the official list
From the Federation’s cemetery list (2007). Arrange visits in advance with the community, which holds the keys.
Map of Jewish cemeteries in RomaniaAstronomical calculation for the town-centre coordinates, sea-level horizon, Romanian time: dawn 16.1°, tallit & tefillin 11.5°, nightfall 7.083°, candle lighting 18 minutes before sunset, Shabbat ends 8.5°. For orientation only; consult a rabbi on questions of halacha.
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