Almașu Mare

Almașu Mare
Almașu Mare
Commune
	Church of the Transfiguration in Almașu Mare
	Location in Alba County
	Almașu Mare Location in Romania
	Coordinates: 46°5′24″N 23°7′51″E / 46.09000°N 23.13083°E
Country	Romania
County	Alba
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)	1,048
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	EET/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
Year	Pop.	±%
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

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

Church of the Annunciation in Almașu Mare
St. Nicholas Church in Cib

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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.

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