Vețel (; ) is a commune in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of ten villages: Boia Bârzii (Bojabirz), Bretelin (Brettyelin), Căoi (Káun), Herepeia (Filimon Sîrbu between 1948 and 1964; Herepe), Leșnic (Lesnyek), Mintia (Marosnémeti; Bayersdorf), Muncelu Mare (Nagymuncsel), Muncelu Mic (Kismuncsel), Runcu Mic (Erdőhátrunk), and Vețel.
At the 2002 census, the commune had 2,760 inhabitants, of which 91.6% were Romanians, 4.7% Hungarians, and 3.6% Roma; 87.8% were Romanian Orthodox, 4.4% Pentecostal, 3.1% Roman Catholic, 2.1% Baptist, and 1.7% Reformed. At the 2021 census, Vețel had a population of 3,104; of those, 86.47% were Romanians, 3.67% Roma, and 1.1% Hungarians.
Mintia village is the site of the Mintia-Deva Power Station, as well as the 17th-century Reformed church of Mintia, which is on Romania's National Register of Historic Monuments.
Natives Filimon Sârbu (1916–1941), communist activist and anti-fascist militant Margit Wein (1861-1948), opera singer (soprano)
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