Cetatea de Baltă

Cetatea de Baltă
Commune
Bethlen-Haller Castle
Location in Alba County
Cetatea de Baltă Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°15′N 24°10′E / 46.250°N 24.167°E / 46.250; 24.167
Country	Romania
County	Alba County
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	2,798
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Cetatea de Baltă (Hungarian: Küküllővár; German: Kokelburg) is a commune in Alba County, Romania. It is located between Târnăveni at 15 kilometers and Blaj at 21 kilometers on the county road DJ 117. The commune is composed of four villages: Cetatea de Baltă, Crăciunelu de Sus (Christendorf; Felsőkarácsonyfalva), Sântămărie (Frauenkirch; Boldogfalva) and Tătârlaua (Taterloch; Felsőtatárlaka).

Population

At the 2011 census, the commune had 2798 inhabitants, of whom 48.4% were Romanians, 33.3% Roma, 17.8% Hungarians and 0.5% Germans.

The villages by ethnic majority, as of 2002:

In Romanian	In Hungarian	Ethnic majority
Cetatea de Baltă	Küküllővár	Romanians
Crăciunelu de Sus	Felsőkarácsonfalva	Romanians
Săntămărie	Boldogfalva	Hungarians
Tătârlaua	Felsőtatárlaka	Roma

Touristic sights

The Bethlen Castle, built in the 16th century in the French Renaissance style and restored in the 17th-18th centuries in the Baroque style.
A fortress (1st century BC-1st century AD), today only ruins.
The Reformed Church, a 13th-century building.

Economy

The most important economic resource is agriculture. Cetatea de Baltă is part of the Târnave Vineyard, making viticulture an essential component of the local economy.

References

↑ "Comunicat de presă privind rezultatele provizorii ale Recensământului Populaţiei şi Locuinţelor – 2011" (PDF) (in Romanian). INSSE. February 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

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Alba County, Romania

Cities	Alba Iulia (county seat) Aiud Blaj Sebeș

Towns	Abrud Baia de Arieș Câmpeni Cugir Ocna Mureș Teiuș Zlatna

Communes	Albac Almașu Mare Arieșeni Avram Iancu Berghin Bistra Blandiana Bucerdea Grânoasă Bucium Câlnic Cenade Cergău Ceru-Băcăinți Cetatea de Baltă Ciugud Ciuruleasa Crăciunelu de Jos Cricău Cut Daia Română Doștat Fărău Galda de Jos Gârbova Gârda de Sus Hopârta Horea Ighiu Întregalde Jidvei Livezile Lopadea Nouă Lunca Mureșului Lupșa Meteș Mihalț Mirăslău Mogoș Noșlac Ocoliș Ohaba Pianu Poiana Vadului Ponor Poșaga Rădești Râmeț Rimetea Roșia de Secaș Roșia Montană Sălciua Săliștea Sâncel Săsciori Sântimbru Scărișoara Stremț Șibot Sohodol Șpring Șugag Șona Unirea Vârtop Vadu Moților Valea Lungă Vidra Vințu de Jos

Coordinates: 46°15′N 24°10′E / 46.250°N 24.167°E / 46.250; 24.167

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