# Alba County
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{{short description|County of Romania}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{For|the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland|Alba}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Alba County
| native_name = Județul Alba
| settlement_type = [County](/source/Counties_of_Romania)
| image_skyline = {{multiple image
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| border = infobox
| perrow = 1/2/1
| caption_align = center
| image1 = Varfu lui patru (cropped).jpg
| caption1 = [Oașa Lake](/source/Oa%C8%99a_Dam) and [Șureanu Mountains](/source/%C8%98ureanu_Mountains)
| image2 = Alba Iulia (Gyulafehérvár, Karlsburg) - Orthodox Cathedral (2).jpg
| caption2 = [Coronation Cathedral](/source/Coronation_Cathedral%2C_Alba_Iulia)
| image3 = Aiud Cetatea.jpg
| caption3 = [Aiud](/source/Aiud) Citadel
| image4 = Râpa Roșie (Red Ravine), Sebeș, Romania (53136125534).jpg
| caption4 = [Râpa Roșie](/source/R%C3%A2pa_Ro%C8%99ie)
}}
| image_caption =
| image_flag = File:RO Alba County Flag.svg
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| image_shield = 65px
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| image_map = Alba in Romania.svg
| map_caption = Location of Alba County in Romania
| subdivision_type = [Country](/source/Countries_of_the_world)
| subdivision_name = {{ROU}}
| subdivision_type1 = Development region1
| subdivision_name1 = [Centru](/source/Centru_(development_region))
| subdivision_type2 = Historic region
| subdivision_name2 = [Transylvania](/source/Transylvania)
| subdivision_type3 = County seat
| subdivision_name3 = [Alba Iulia](/source/Alba_Iulia)
| government_footnotes =
| government_type = County Council
| leader_party = [PNL](/source/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania))
| leader_title = President of the County Council
| leader_name = {{ill|Ion Dumitrel|ro}}
| leader_title1 = Prefect2
| leader_name1 = {{ill|Nicolae Albu|ro}}
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| area_magnitude =
| area_total_km2 = 6242
| area_rank = [16th in Romania](/source/List_of_Romanian_counties_by_area)
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| population_rank = [29th in Romania](/source/List_of_Romanian_counties_by_population)
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| timezone = [EET](/source/Eastern_European_Time)
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = [EEST](/source/Eastern_European_Summer_Time)
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| postal_code_type = [Postal Code](/source/List_of_postal_codes_in_Romania)
| postal_code = 51wxyz3
| area_code = [+40 x58](/source/Romania_telephone_area_codes)4
| blank_name = [Car Plates](/source/Romanian_car_number_plates)
| blank_info = AB5
| blank1_name = [GDP](/source/GDP)
| blank1_info = US$ 6.760 billion (''2025'')
| blank2_name = [GDP](/source/GDP) [per capita](/source/per_capita)
| blank2_info = US$ 20,739 (''2025'')
| website = [http://www.cjalba.ro County Council]
[http://www.prefecturaalba.ro County Prefecture]
}}
'''Alba County''' ({{IPA|ro|ˈalba}}) is a county ([județ](/source/jude%C8%9B)) of [Romania](/source/Romania) located in the historic region of [Transylvania](/source/Transylvania). Its capital is [Alba Iulia](/source/Alba_Iulia), a city with a population of 63,536.[{{cite web|url=http://www.alba.insse.ro/cmsalba/files/DATE%20PROVIZORII%20RPL%202011_alba_comunicat%20presa.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418082153/http://www.alba.insse.ro/cmsalba/files/DATE%20PROVIZORII%20RPL%202011_alba_comunicat%20presa.pdf |archive-date=18 April 2013 }}]
== Name ==
"Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the city of Alba Iulia. In [Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_language), the county is known as ''Fehér megye'' (fehér also meaning white), and in [German](/source/German_language) as ''Kreis Karlsburg''.
== Geography ==
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This county has a total area of {{cvt|6242|km2}}, with mountains occupying about 59% of its surface.
The [Apuseni Mountains](/source/Apuseni_Mountains) are in the northwest; the northeastern side of the [Parâng Mountains group](/source/Par%C3%A2ng_Mountains_group) – the [Șureanu](/source/%C8%98ureanu_Mountains) and [Cindrel](/source/Cindrel_Mountains) mountains – are in the south. In the east there is the [Transylvanian Plateau](/source/Transylvanian_Plateau) with deep but wide valleys. The three main elements are separated by the [Mureș River](/source/Mure%C8%99_(river)) valley.
The main rivers are the [Mureș River](/source/Mure%C8%99_(river)) and its tributaries, the [Târnava](/source/T%C3%A2rnava), the [Sebeș](/source/Sebe%C8%99_(river)), and the [Arieș](/source/Arie%C8%99).
=== Neighbors ===
* [Sibiu County](/source/Sibiu_County) and [Mureș County](/source/Mure%C8%99_County) to the east.
* [Bihor County](/source/Bihor_County) and [Arad County](/source/Arad_County) to the west.
* [Cluj County](/source/Cluj_County) to the north.
* [Hunedoara County](/source/Hunedoara_County) to the southwest.
* [Vâlcea County](/source/V%C3%A2lcea_County) to the south.
== 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, including marble and granite.
== Tourist attractions ==
thumb|Gold in quartz, Roșia Montană. Size 4.3 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm.
The main tourist attractions in the county are:
* The city of [Alba Iulia](/source/Alba_Iulia)
* The [Apuseni Mountains](/source/Apuseni_Mountains)
** [Scărișoara](/source/Sc%C4%83ri%C8%99oara%2C_Alba) [karst](/source/karst) complex
** [Maidens' Fair](/source/Maidens'_Fair) on the {{ill|Găina Mountain|ro|Muntele Găina}}
** The ''Dealul cu melci'' ("Snail Hill") west of [Vidra](/source/Vidra%2C_Alba)
** Barren Detunata and Shaggy Detunata ([Detunatele](/source/Detunatele))
* The [Câlnic Citadel](/source/C%C3%A2lnic_Citadel) and the castle of [Gârbova](/source/G%C3%A2rbova)
* The towns and churches of [Sebeș](/source/Sebe%C8%99) and [Aiud](/source/Aiud)
* The [Ocna Mureș](/source/Ocna_Mure%C8%99) resort
* The [Țara Moților](/source/%C8%9Aara_Mo%C8%9Bilor) ethnographical area. Situated in the Apuseni Mountains, Țara Moților is a region with strong and distinct Romanian traditions.
* Roșia Montană Mining Cultural Landscape - Mining began 2000 years ago on Mt. Kirnik (Cârnic), with well-preserved Roman galleries. A Canadian company attempted an open-pit mine, but abandoned the project around 2007. [Roșia Montană](/source/Ro%C8%99ia_Montan%C4%83) is a famous locality among [mineral collector](/source/mineral_collector)s for fine [native gold](/source/native_gold) specimens.[{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-2607.html|title=Roșia Montană (Verespatak; Vöröspatak; Goldbach), Roșia Montană Commune, Alba County, Romania|website=www.mindat.org|access-date=5 April 2018}}][{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6082/|title=Roșia Montană Mining Cultural Landscape - UNESCO World Heritage Centre|first=UNESCO World Heritage|last=Centre|website=whc.unesco.org|access-date=5 April 2018}}]
* The [Via Transilvanica](/source/Via_Transilvanica) hiking and biking trail
== Demographics ==
According to the [2021 census](/source/2021_Romanian_census), the county had a population of 325,941 and the [population density](/source/population_density) was {{Pop density|325941
|6242|km2|sqmi|prec=1}}.[{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/rezultate-rpl-2021/rezultate-definitive-caracteristici-etno-culturale-demografice/|title=Rezultate definitive: Caracteristici etno-culturale demografice|website=Recensamantromania.ro|access-date=28 July 2023}}]
{{Pie chart
|thumb=left
|caption=Ethnic composition of Alba County (2021)
|label1=[Romanians](/source/Romanians)|value1=91.36|color1=#8080ff
|label2=[Romani](/source/Romani_people_in_Romania)|value2=4.43|color2=#80ffff
|label3=[Hungarians](/source/Hungarians_in_Romania)|value3=3.91|color3=#80ff80
|label4=[Germans](/source/Germans_of_Romania) ([Transylvanian Saxons](/source/Transylvanian_Saxons))|value4=0.18|color4=#ff80ff
|label5=Others|value5=0.11|color5=#9f9f9f}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! County population[National Institute of Statistics, ''[http://www.insse.ro/rpl2002rezgen/18.pdf "Populaţia la recensămintele din anii 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2002 şi 2011"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060922081325/http://www.insse.ro/rpl2002rezgen/18.pdf |date=22 September 2006 }}'']
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! 1948
| 361,062 {{steady}}
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! 1956
| 370,800 {{increase}}
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! 1966
| 382,786 {{increase}}
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! 1977
| 409,634 {{increase}}
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! 1992
| 414,227 {{increase}}
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! 2002
| 382,747 {{decrease}}
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! 2011
| 327,224 {{decrease}}
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! 2021
| 325,941 {{decrease}}
|}
== Politics ==
The Alba County Council, renewed at the [2024 local elections](/source/2024_Romanian_local_elections), consists of 32 county councillors, with the following party composition:[{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale09062024/data/json/sicpv/pv/pv_bh_final.json |title=Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2024 |work=Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă |access-date=2 January 2026 }}]
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! style="background:#ccc" | Party
! style="background:#ccc" | Seats
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="19" | Current County Council
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| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}
| [National Liberal Party](/source/National_Liberal_Party_(Romania)) (PNL)
| style="text-align: right" | '''17'''
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| [Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_(Romania)) (PSD)
| style="text-align: right" | '''10'''
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| [Alliance for the Union of Romanians](/source/Alliance_for_the_Union_of_Romanians) (AUR)
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| {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}
| {{party color cell|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}
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== Administrative divisions ==
[[File:Cetatea Alba Iulia din aer toamna.jpg|thumb|[Alba Iulia](/source/Alba_Iulia) ({{langx|de|Karlsburg/Weißenburg}})]]
[[File:Vista_de_Blaj2.jpg|thumb|[Blaj](/source/Blaj)]]
[[File:Kirche mit Markthallen.JPG|thumb|[Sebeș](/source/Sebe%C8%99) ({{langx|de|Mühlbach}})]]
[[File:Abrud.seara.jpg|thumb|[Abrud](/source/Abrud)]]
[[File:Baia de Arieș1.jpg|thumb|[Baia de Arieș](/source/Baia_de_Arie%C8%99)]]
Alba County has 4 municipalities, 7 towns, and 67 communes.
* Municipalities:
** [Aiud](/source/Aiud)
** [Alba Iulia](/source/Alba_Iulia) – county seat; pop. 58,761 (as of 2011)
** [Blaj](/source/Blaj)
** [Sebeș](/source/Sebe%C8%99)
* Towns:
** [Abrud](/source/Abrud)
** [Baia de Arieș](/source/Baia_de_Arie%C8%99)
** [Câmpeni](/source/C%C3%A2mpeni)
** [Cugir](/source/Cugir)
** [Ocna Mureș](/source/Ocna_Mure%C8%99)
** [Teiuș](/source/Teiu%C8%99)
** [Zlatna](/source/Zlatna)
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* Communes:
** [Albac](/source/Albac)
** [Almașu Mare](/source/Alma%C8%99u_Mare)
** [Arieșeni](/source/Arie%C8%99eni)
** [Avram Iancu](/source/Avram_Iancu%2C_Alba)
** [Berghin](/source/Berghin)
** [Bistra](/source/Bistra%2C_Alba)
** [Blandiana](/source/Blandiana)
** [Bucerdea Grânoasă](/source/Bucerdea_Gr%C3%A2noas%C4%83)
** [Bucium](/source/Bucium%2C_Alba)
** [Câlnic](/source/C%C3%A2lnic%2C_Alba)
** [Cenade](/source/Cenade)
** [Cergău](/source/Cerg%C4%83u)
** [Ceru-Băcăinți](/source/Ceru-B%C4%83c%C4%83in%C8%9Bi)
** [Cetatea de Baltă](/source/Cetatea_de_Balt%C4%83)
** [Ciugud](/source/Ciugud)
** [Ciuruleasa](/source/Ciuruleasa)
** [Crăciunelu de Jos](/source/Cr%C4%83ciunelu_de_Jos)
** [Cricău](/source/Cric%C4%83u)
** [Cut](/source/Cut%2C_Alba)
** [Daia Româna](/source/Daia_Rom%C3%A2na)
** [Doștat](/source/Do%C8%99tat)
** [Fărău](/source/F%C4%83r%C4%83u)
** [Galda de Jos](/source/Galda_de_Jos)
** [Gârbova](/source/G%C3%A2rbova)
** [Gârda de Sus](/source/G%C3%A2rda_de_Sus)
** [Hopârta](/source/Hop%C3%A2rta)
** [Horea](/source/Horea%2C_Alba)
** [Ighiu](/source/Ighiu)
** [Întregalde](/source/%C3%8Entregalde)
** [Jidvei](/source/Jidvei)
** [Livezile](/source/Livezile%2C_Alba)
** [Lopadea Nouă](/source/Lopadea_Nou%C4%83)
** [Lunca Mureşului](/source/Lunca_Mure%C5%9Fului)
** [Lupșa](/source/Lup%C8%99a)
** [Meteș](/source/Mete%C8%99)
** [Mihalț](/source/Mihal%C8%9B)
** [Mirăslău](/source/Mir%C4%83sl%C4%83u%2C_Alba)
** [Mogoș](/source/Mogo%C8%99)
** [Noșlac](/source/No%C8%99lac)
** [Ocoliș](/source/Ocoli%C8%99)
** [Ohaba](/source/Ohaba)
** [Pianu](/source/Pianu)
** [Poiana Vadului](/source/Poiana_Vadului)
** [Ponor](/source/Ponor%2C_Alba)
** [Poșaga](/source/Po%C8%99aga)
** [Rădești](/source/R%C4%83de%C8%99ti%2C_Alba)
** [Râmeț](/source/R%C3%A2me%C8%9B)
** [Rimetea](/source/Rimetea)
** [Roșia de Secaș](/source/Ro%C8%99ia_de_Seca%C8%99)
** [Roșia Montană](/source/Ro%C8%99ia_Montan%C4%83%2C_Alba)
** [Sălciua](/source/S%C4%83lciua)
** [Săliștea](/source/S%C4%83li%C8%99tea)
** [Sâncel](/source/S%C3%A2ncel)
** [Sântimbru](/source/S%C3%A2ntimbru%2C_Alba)
** [Săsciori](/source/S%C4%83sciori)
** [Scărișoara](/source/Sc%C4%83ri%C8%99oara%2C_Alba)
** [Șibot](/source/%C8%98ibot)
** [Sohodol](/source/Sohodol)
** [Șona](/source/%C8%98ona)
** [Șpring](/source/%C8%98pring)
** [Stremț](/source/Strem%C8%9B)
** [Șugag](/source/%C8%98ugag)
** [Unirea](/source/Unirea%2C_Alba)
** [Vadu Moților](/source/Vadu_Mo%C8%9Bilor)
** [Valea Lungă](/source/Valea_Lung%C4%83%2C_Alba)
** [Vidra](/source/Vidra%2C_Alba)
** [Vințu de Jos](/source/Vin%C8%9Bu_de_Jos)
{{div col end}}
==Historical county==
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Județul Alba
| other_name =
| settlement_type = County (''Județ'')
| image_skyline = Alba Iulia Inspectoratul.JPG
| image_caption = The Alba County Prefecture building of the interwar period, currently the headquarters of the Alba County Schools Inspectorate.
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| image_shield = Interbelic Alba County CoA.png
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| image_map = Romania 1930 county Alba.png
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| subdivision_type = [Country](/source/Countries_of_the_world)
| subdivision_name = 25px [Romania](/source/Kingdom_of_Romania)
| subdivision_type2 = Historic region
| subdivision_name2 = [Transylvania](/source/Transylvania)
| subdivision_type3 = Capital city (''Reședință de județ'')
| subdivision_name3 = [Alba-Iulia](/source/Alba-Iulia)
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| leader_title = [Prefect](/source/Prefect_(Romania))
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| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1925
| established_title2 = Ceased to exist
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Historically, Alba de Jos County was located in the central-western part of [Greater Romania](/source/Greater_Romania), in the southwestern part of [Transylvania](/source/Transylvania), with a territory identical with the old [Alsó-Fehér County](/source/Als%C3%B3-Feh%C3%A9r_County) of Hungary. After the administrative unification law in 1925, the name of the county changed to Alba County and the territory was reorganized. It was bordered on the west by [Hunedoara County](/source/Hunedoara_County), to the north by [Turda County](/source/Turda_County), and to the east by the counties of [Sibiu](/source/Sibiu_County) and [Târnava-Mică](/source/T%C3%A2rnava-Mic%C4%83_County). Its territory included the central part of the current Alba County.
=== Administration ===
thumb|right|310px|Map of Alba County as constituted in 1938.
The county originally consisted of seven districts (''[plăși](/source/plas%C4%83)''):[[http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/alba/ Portretul României Interbelice - Județul Alba]]
# Plasa Abrud (headquarters at [Abrud](/source/Abrud))
# Plasa Aiud (headquarters at [Aiud](/source/Aiud))
# Plasa Ighiu (headquarters at [Ighiu](/source/Ighiu%2C_Alba))
# Plasa Ocna Mureș (headquarters at [Ocna Mureș](/source/Ocna_Mure%C8%99))
# Plasa Sebeș (headquarters at [Sebeș](/source/Sebe%C8%99))
# Plasa Teiuș (headquarters at [Teiuș](/source/Teiu%C8%99))
# Plasa Vințu de Jos (headquarters at [Vințu de Jos](/source/Vin%C8%9Bu_de_Jos))
Subsequently, Plasa Ighiu was abolished and two other districts were established, leaving these:
# Plasa Abrud (seven villages, headquarters at [Abrud](/source/Abrud))
# Plasa Aiud (thirty-three villages, headquarters at [Aiud](/source/Aiud))
# Plasa Alba Iulia (eighteen villages, headquarters at [Alba Iulia](/source/Alba_Iulia))
# Plasa Ocna Mureș (twenty-one villages, headquarters at [Ocna Mureș](/source/Ocna_Mure%C8%99))
# Plasa Sebeș (twenty-one villages, headquarters at [Sebeș](/source/Sebe%C8%99))
# Plasa Teiuș (twenty villages, headquarters at [Teiuș](/source/Teiu%C8%99))
# Plasa Vințu de Jos (thirteen villages, headquarters at [Vințu de Jos](/source/Vin%C8%9Bu_de_Jos))
# Plasa Zlatna (eighteen villages, headquarters at [Zlatna](/source/Zlatna))
There were four towns: [Alba Iulia](/source/Alba_Iulia), [Abrud](/source/Abrud), [Aiud](/source/Aiud), and [Sebeș](/source/Sebe%C8%99).
=== Population ===
According to the census data of 1930, the county's population was 212,749, of which 81.5% were Romanians, 11.3% Hungarians, 3.6% Germans, 1.8% Romanies, 1.4% Jews, as well as other minorities. In the religious aspect, the population consisted of 50.1% Eastern Orthodox, 31.6% Greek Catholics, 7.5% Reformed (Calvinists), 3.4% Roman Catholics, 3.3% Evangelical (Lutherans), 1.2% Unitarians, and other minorities.[Recensământul general al populației României din 29 decemvrie 1930, Vol. II, pp. 522-524]
==== Urban population ====
In 1930, the urban population of the county was 33,365, of which 58.8% were Romanians, 23.0% Hungarians, 8.2% Germans, 6.2% Jews, 1.6% Romanies, as well as other minorities. From the religious point of view, the urban population was made up of 38.3% Eastern Orthodox, 21.4% Greek Catholic, 14.7% Reformed (Calvinist), 7.2% Evangelical (Lutheran), 6.5% Jewish, as well as other minorities.[
===After 1938===
After the 1938 Administrative and Constitutional Reform, this county merged with the counties of [Ciuc](/source/Ciuc_County), [Odorhei](/source/Odorhei_County), [Sibiu](/source/Sibiu_County), [Târnava Mare](/source/T%C3%A2rnava-Mare_County), and [Târnava Mică](/source/T%C3%A2rnava-Mic%C4%83_County) to form [Ținutul Mureș](/source/%C8%9Ainutul_Mure%C8%99). The county was re-established in 1940, but dissolved again in 1950. It was re-established in 1968 in its current borders.
==People==
Notable natives include:
*[Ion Agârbiceanu](/source/Ion_Ag%C3%A2rbiceanu)
*[Lucian Blaga](/source/Lucian_Blaga)
*[Avram Iancu](/source/Avram_Iancu)
*[Sofronie of Cioara](/source/Sofronie_of_Cioara)
*[Ioan Suciu](/source/Ioan_Suciu)
== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{in lang|ro}} [http://romaniainterbelica.memoria.ro/judete/alba/index.html Alba County on memoria.ro]
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