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Almașu Mare

Almașu Mare (German: Groß-Obstdorf; Hungarian: Nagyalmás) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
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