Almașu Mare

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Almașu Mare
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village Nagyalmás
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Almașu Mare (Romania)
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Basic data
State : RomaniaRomania Romania
Historical region : Transylvania
Circle : Alba
Coordinates : 46 ° 5 '  N , 23 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 46 ° 5 '24 "  N , 23 ° 7' 52"  E
Time zone : EET ( UTC +2)
Height : 595  m
Area : 89.30  km²
Residents : 1,289 (October 20, 2011)
Population density : 14 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : RO-517030
Telephone code : (+40) 02 58
License plate : FROM
Structure and administration (as of 2016)
Community type : local community
Structure : Almașu Mare, Almașu de Mijloc , Brădet , Cib , Cheile Cibului , Glod , Nădăștia
Mayor : Aron Zaharie ( PNL )
Postal address : Str. Principală, no. 204
loc. Albac, jud. Alba, RO-517030
Website :

Almașu Mare ( German  Groß-Obstdorf , Hungarian Nagyalmás ) is a Romanian municipality in the Alba district in Transylvania .

location

Location of the municipality of Almașu Mare in the Alba district

The village consists of seven villages with a total of approx. 1500 inhabitants and is located on the southern edge of the Apuseni Mountains ( Rum. Munții Apuseni ). The nearest town Zlatna is 15 km and the district capital Alba Iulia 52 kilometers from Almașu Mare. The villages belonging to the municipality are located at an altitude between 600 and 1200 m and cover an area of ​​8930 hectares.

history

Ore has been mined in the region since Roman times . The place, however, was first mentioned in a document in 1407 under the name Possesia Almas .

population

The population developed as follows (the highest proportion of 36 Germans was in 1890):

census Ethnic composition
year population Romanians Hungary German other
1850 2,769 2,729 - - 40
1900 3,286 3,217 16 10 43
1930 3,486 3,463 9 2 12
1966 3,945 3,929 14th - 2
2002 1,690 1,664 3 - 23

Attractions

  • The village museum was founded by Achim Emilian and bears his name. It includes a collection of over 4000 exhibits.
  • The churches of Buna Vestire (before 1418) and Schimbarea la Față (1822); a farm, a wooden house and a polygonal barn (the last three in the village of Brădet (ung. Bregyét házcsoport ), built in the 19th century) are listed as historical monuments.
  • A 4.10 meter high memorial in honor of the Romanian soldiers from the First and Second World Wars was erected in the center of the municipality in 1943 and 1944.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census in Romania ( MS Excel ; 1.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Mayoral elections 2016 in Romania ( MS Excel ; 256 kB)
  3. ↑ Community website, accessed November 29, 2009
  4. ↑ Census, last updated October 30, 2008, p. 36 (Hungarian; PDF; 1.2 MB)
  5. ^ The " Achim Emilian " museum in Almașu Mare (Romanian)
  6. ↑ List of historical monuments of the Romanian Ministry of Culture, updated 2010 (PDF; 7.10 MB)