Eftimie Murgu (called Rudăria until 1970, when it was renamed after the revolutionary born there; ) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania, with a population of 1,296 people as of 2021. It is composed of a single village, Eftimie Murgu.
The commune is named after Eftimie Murgu (1805–1870), a philosopher and member of the 1848 revolutionary movements in Wallachia and the Banat.
At the 2011 census, the commune had 1,628 inhabitants, of which 96.87% were Romanians; 85.6% were Romanian Orthodox and 14.2% Baptist. At the 2021 census, Eftimie Murgu had a population of 1,296, of which 94.21% were Romanians.
The Rudăria-Bănia ore mine and the Rudăria coal mine are located on the territory of the commune.
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