Almașu Mare

Commune in Alba, Romania

(2020–2024) Aron Zaharie (PNL)Area

89.3 km² (34.5 sq mi)Elevation

667 m (2,188 ft)Population

(2021-12-01)^[1]

1,048 • Density12/km² (30/sq mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code

517030

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