Alba County

Alba
—  County (Județ)  —
Coat of arms
Alba county, territorial location
Country	Romania
Development region1	Centru
Historic region	Transylvania
County seat	Alba-Iulia
Government
• Type	County Board
• President of the County Board	Ion Dumitrel (Democratic Party)
• Prefect2	Cosmin Covaciu
Area
• Total	6,242 km2 (2,410 sq mi)
Area rank	16th in Romania
Population
• Total	327,224
• Rank	29th in Romania
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Postal Code	51wxyz3
Area code(s)	+40 x584
Car Plates	AB5
GDP	US$ 3.77 billion (2008)
GDP/capita	US$ 9,842 (2008)
Website	County Board County Prefecture
1The developing regions of Romania have no administrative role. They were formed to attract funds from the European Union 2 as of 2007, the Prefect is not a politician, but a public functionary. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a political party, and are banned to have any political activity in the first six months after the resignation (or exclusion) from the public functionaires corp 3w, x, y, and z are digits that indicate the city, the street, part of the street, or eaven the building of the address 4x is a digit indicating the operator: 2 for the former national operator, Romtelecom, and 3 for the other ground telephone networks 5used on both the plates of the vehicles that operate only in the county limits (like utilitary vehicles & ATVs, etc.) and the ones used outside the county

Alba (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈalba]) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, its capital city being Alba-Iulia with a population of 66,406.

Name

"Alba" means "white" in Romanian. In Hungarian, it is known as Fehér, and in German as Kreis Alba.

Demographics

In October 31, 2011, it had a population of 327,224 and the population density was 52/km².

• Romanians - 89.9%^[1]
• Hungarians - 4.8%
• Romani - 4.7%
• Germans - 0.2%

Geography

This county has a total area of 6,242 km², with mountains occupying about 59% of its surface.

In the northwestern part there are the Apuseni Mountains, in the southern part there is the northeastern side of the Parâng group - Şureanu and Cindrel Mountains. In the east there is the Transylvanian Plateau with deep but wide valleys. The three main elements are separated by the Mureş River valley.

The main rivers are the Mureş River and its tributaries, the Târnava, the Sebeş and the Arieş.

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• Sibiu County and Mureş County in the East.
• Bihor County and Arad County in the West.
• Cluj County in the North.
• Hunedoara County in the South-West.

Economy

The predominant industries in the county are:

• Food industry.
• Textile industry.
• Wood industry.
• Mechanical components.
• Paper and packaging materials industry.
• Chemical industry.

The mineral resources exploited in Alba county are metals (gold, silver, copper), salt and construction materials: marble, granite, etc.

Roșia Montană gold mines

Gold in quartz, Roșia Montană. Size 4.3 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm.

Mining began 2000 years ago on Mt. Kirnik, with well-preserved Roman galleries. A Canadian company attempted an open-pit mine, but abandoned the project around 2007. Roșia Montană is a famous locality among mineral collectors for fine native gold specimens.^[3]

Tourist attractions

The main tourist attractions in the county are:

• The city of Alba Iulia.
• The Apuseni Mountains.
  • Scărişoara Karst Complex.
  • Maidens' Fair on the Găina Mountain.
  • "The Hill With Snails" west of Vidra.
  • Barren Detunata and Shaggy Detunata.
• The Câlnic Castle and the Castle of Gârbova.
• The Towns and Churches of Sebeş and Aiud.
• The Ocna Mureş Resort.
• The Ţara Moţilor ethnographical area. Situated in the Apuseni Mountains, Ţara Moţilor is a region with strong Romanian traditions.

People

• Lucian Blaga

Administrative divisions

Alba County has 4 municipalities, 7 towns and 68 communes

• Municipalities
  • Aiud
  • Alba Iulia - county seat; 66,406 (as of 2002)
  • Blaj
  • Sebeş
• Towns
  • Abrud
  • Baia de Arieş
  • Câmpeni
  • Cugir
  • Ocna Mureş
  • Teiuş
  • Zlatna

Historical county

Judeţul Alba
—  County (Judeţ)  —
Coat of arms
Country	Romania
Historic region	Transylvania
Capital city (Reşedinţă de judeţ)	Alba-Iulia
Established	1925
Ceased to exist	Administrative and Constitutional Reform in 1938
Government
• Prefect
Area
• Total	2,433 km2 (939 sq mi)
Population (1930)
• Total	213,795
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Administration

The county consisted of eight districts (plăṣi):

• Abrud
• Aiud
• Alba-Iulia
• Ocna-Mureșului
• Sebeș
• Teiuș
• Vințul-de-Jos
• Zlatna

After 1938

After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county merged with the counties of Ciuc, Odorhei, Sibiu, Târnava Mare, Târnava Micǎ to form Ţinutul Mureş.

References

External links

• (Romanian) Alba County on memoria.ro

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Coordinates: 46°08′00″N 23°32′00″E / 46.1333°N 23.5333°E / 46.1333; 23.5333