Halmagiu 

Halmagiu is a commune in Arad County, Romania. Halmagiu commune is situated within the basin with the equal call, at the confluence of the Hălmăgel and Crișul Alb Rivers, at the foot of Bihor Mountains. It stretches over 8400 hectares. It is composed of eleven villages: Bănești Bodesti Bogyafalva, Brusturi Pafranyos, Cristesti , Hslmagiu Ionești Leasa Lestioara Kisles, Poienari Halmágymezo, Tisa Tiszafalva and Tarmure Martfalva. The first documentary report of the locality Halmagiu dates returned to 1390, Banesti, Bodesti and Ioneşti in 1441, Brusturi in 1360, Cristeşti in 1464, Leasa,

Tisa and Ţarmure in 1439, Lestioara in 1477 and Poienari in 1760-1762. Although the financial system of the commune is accepted agricultural, the secondary and tertiary monetary sectors have additionally developed currently. The commune is called an vital fructiferous basin of the place. Due to the small enterprise represented with the aid of handicraft, Halmagiu has grow to be an crucial centre of furriery and generating of wood tools. The most important exploitable sources are andesite, complicated iron ore and banded clay.