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Almașu Mare

Coordinates: 46°5′24″N 23°7′51″E / 46.09000°N 23.13083°E / 46.09000; 23.13083
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Almașu Mare
Church of the Transfiguration in Almașu Mare
Church of the Transfiguration in Almașu Mare
Location in Alba County
Location in Alba County
Almașu Mare is located in Romania
Almașu Mare
Almașu Mare
Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°5′24″N 23°7′51″E / 46.09000°N 23.13083°E / 46.09000; 23.13083
CountryRomania
CountyAlba
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2024) Aron Zaharie (PNL)
Area
89.3 km2 (34.5 sq mi)
Elevation
667 m (2,188 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-01)[1]
1,048
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Postal code
517030
Area code+40 x59
Vehicle reg.AB

Almașu Mare (German: Groß-Obstdorf; Hungarian: Nagyalmás) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1850 2,769—    
1900 3,286+18.7%
1930 3,486+6.1%
1966 3,945+13.2%
2002 1,690−57.2%
2011 1,289−23.7%
2021 1,048−18.7%
Source: INS, Census data

With a population of 1,048 according to the 2021 census, the commune is composed of seven villages: Almașu Mare, Almașu de Mijloc, Brădet, Cib, Cheile Cibului, Glod, and Nădăștia. Its current mayor, as of 2020, is Aron Zaharie. A former mining centre for gold, its income comes now mainly from agricultural and agrotouristical activities.

Almașu Mare's tourist objectives are the Cibu Gorges, the Glod Gorges, a thermal spring, and the Achim Emilian ethnographical museum.

In Romanian In German In Hungarian
Almașu Mare Groß-Obstdorf Nagyalmás
Almașu de Mijloc Középalmás
Brădet Tannenbach Bregyét
Cib Tropfbach Cseb
Cheile Cibului Theyenport Tyéj
Glod Kloden Glod
Nădăștia Rohrfeld Nádasdia

References

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  1. ^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.