Alba County

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 functionare. He (or she) is not allowed to be a member of a pollitical party, and are banned to have any pollitical 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

Website: County Board
County Prefecture

Alba (IPA: ['al.ba]; Hungarian: Fehér) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Alba Iulia (population: 72,405).

1 Demographics
2 Geography
- 2.1 Neighbours
3 Economy
4 Tourist attractions
5 People
6 Administrative divisions
7 See also
8 References

Demographics

In 2002, it had a population of 382,747 and the population density was 61/km².

Romanians - over 90%^[1]

Hungarians - 5,4%
Romani - 3,7%
Germans - less than 0,3%

Year	County population^[2]
1948	361,062
1956	370,800
1966	382,786
1977	409,634
1992	413,919
2002	382,747

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 Mountains group - Şureanu Mountains and Cândrel 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.

Neighbours

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Bihor County to the West.
Mureş County and Bistriţa-Năsăud County to the East.
Sălaj County and Maramureş County to the North.
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.

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

Administrative divisions

The county has 4 municipalities, 7 towns and 65 communes.

Municipalities

Towns

Communes

v • d • e Alba County
Municipalities	Alba Iulia · Aiud · Blaj · Sebeş	Image:Stema Judetului Alba.jpg
Towns	Abrud · Baia de Arieş · Câmpeni · Cugir · Ocna Mureş · Teiuş · Zlatna
Communes	Albac · Almaşu Mare · Arieşeni · Avram Iancu · Berghin · Bistra · Blandiana · Bucium · Câlnic · Cenade · Cergău · Ceru-Băcăinţi · Cetatea de Baltă · Ciugud · Ciuruleasa · Crăciunelu de Jos · Cricău · Cut · Daia Română · Doştat · Fărău · Galda de Jos · Gârda de Sus · Gârbova · Hopârta · Horea · Ighiu · Întregalde · Jidvei · Livezile · Lupşa · Lopadea Nouă · Lunca Mureşului · Meteş · Mihalţ · Mirăslău · Mogoş · Noşlac · Ocoliş · Ohaba · Pianu · Poiana Vadului · Ponor · Poşaga · Rădeşti · Râmeţ · Rimetea · Roşia de Secaş · Roşia Montană · Sălciua · Săliştea · Sâncel · Săsciori · Sântimbru · Scărişoara · Stremţ · Şibot · Sohodol · Şpring · Şugag · Şona · Unirea · Vadu Moţilor · Valea Lungă · Vidra · Vinţu de Jos