Vidra, Alba

{{for|the lake|Vidra Lake}}

{{Infobox Romanian subdivision

|type = commune

|county = Alba

|name = Vidra

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|image_skyline = RO AB Biserica Sfintii Arhangheli din Vidra (29).jpg

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|image_caption = Archangels' church in Vidra

|image_map = Vidra jud Alba.svg

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|map_caption = Location in Alba County

|leader_name = Doru Petricele{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=6 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}

|leader_party = PSD

|term = 2020–2024

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|coordinates = {{coord|46|22|02|N|22|52|57|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation = 645

|elevation_min = 600

|elevation_max = 1298

|area_total = 60.2

|population_as_of =

|population_total = auto

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|postal_code = 517825

|area_code = (+40) 0258

|website = {{URL|https://primariavidra-ab.ro/}}

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Vidra ({{langx|hu|Alsóvidra}} 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: Băi, Bobărești, Bogdănești, Bordeștii Poieni, Culdești, Dealu Goiești, Dos, Dosu Luncii, Dosu Văsești, Drăgoiești-Luncă, Ficărești, Gligorești, Goiești, Haiducești, Hărăști, Hoancă, Jeflești, Lunca, Lunca Bisericii, Lunca de Jos, Lunca Goiești, Lunca Vesești, Modolești, Nemeși, Oidești, Pitărcești, Pleșcuța, Poieni, Ponorel (Aranyosponor), Puiulețești, Runc, Segaj, Urdeș, Vâlcăneasa, Vâlcești, Valea Morii, Vârtănești, Văsești 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 (Țara 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.{{cite web|url=http://primariavidra.ro/index.php?rewriteparam=prezentare_locala|title=Primăria Comunei Vidra: Prezentare Locală|access-date=May 23, 2020|language=ro}}

Its current mayor is Doru Petricele, elected in 2020. The previous mayor, Ioan Alexandru Resiga, was in office from 2004 until 2020.

{{Historical populations

| source = Census data

|1850 |3531

|1880 |4141

|1900 |4426

|1920 |4421

|1956 |4641

|1977 |3653

|1992 |2444

|2002 |1964

|2011 |1691

|2021 |1367

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