Zlatna

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FieldValue
typetown
countyAlba
official_nameZlatna
image_shieldROU AB Zlatna CoA.svg
image_skylineZlatna.jpg
image_mapZlatna jud Alba.svg
map_captionLocation in Alba County
leader_nameSilviu Ponoran
leader_partyPNL
leader_term2024–2028
coordinates
elevation425
area_total254.26
population_totalauto
postal_code516100
area_code(+40) 02 58
website
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|type = town |county = Alba |official_name = Zlatna |image_flag = |image_shield = ROU AB Zlatna CoA.svg |image_skyline = Zlatna.jpg |image_caption = |image_location = |image_map = Zlatna jud Alba.svg |map_caption = Location in Alba County |leader_name = Silviu Ponoran |leader_party = PNL |leader_term = 2024–2028 |coordinates = |elevation = 425 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 254.26 |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 516100 |area_code = (+40) 02 58 |website = Zlatna (; ; ) is a town in Alba County, central Transylvania, Romania. The town administers eighteen villages: Botești (Golddorf; Botesbánya), Budeni (Higendorf), Dealu Roatei (Rotberg), Dobrot, Dumbrava, Feneș (Wildendorf; Fenes), Galați (Galz; Ompolygalac), Izvoru Ampoiului (Gross-Ompeil; Nagyompoly), Pârău Gruiului (Gruybach), Pătrângeni (Peters; *Ompolykövesd *), Pirita (Pfirth), Podu lui Paul (Pauls), Runc (Goldrücken), Ruși (Rusch), Suseni (Oberdorf), Trâmpoiele (Trempojel; Kénesd), Valea Mică (Kleinwasser), and Vâltori (Waldrücken; Vultur).

Geography

Zlatna is located 36 km north-west of the county seat, Alba Iulia, on the border with Hunedoara County. Situated in the Zlatna depression, between the Metaliferi Mountains and the Trascău Mountains, the town lies at the confluence of the Ampoi River with Valea Morilor creek.

History

A gold mining settlement has existed in the area since Roman times, when it was known as a municipium under the name of Ampellum. The name Zlatna (derived from the Slavic term for gold) was first recorded in a 1347 document. In 1387, it was awarded town status. During 1619-1620 Gabriel Bethlen, brought to Zlatna a few hundred German and Slovak settlers for mining work. Tellurium was first discovered in a Zlatna mine in 1782 by Austrian mineralogist Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein. Zlatna regained its town status in 1968, after a time when it was officially a commune.

Demographics

|source = Census data |1850 |8141 |1941 |9485 |1977 |10027 |1992 |9391 |2002 |9254 |2011 |7182 |2021 |6652 At the 2011 census, Zlatna had 7,182 inhabitants; 89.59% of those were Romanians and 4.59% Roma. At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 6,652, of which 85.6% were Romanians and 5.11% Roma.

Natives

Climate

Zlatna has a humid continental climate (Cfb in the Köppen climate classification).

|location = Zlatna |metric first = yes |single line = yes |collapsed=y |Jan high C = 1 |Feb high C = 3 |Mar high C = 7.3 |Apr high C = 13.2 |May high C = 17.4 |Jun high C = 20.7 |Jul high C = 22.6 |Aug high C = 23 |Sep high C = 18 |Oct high C = 13.1 |Nov high C = 7.9 |Dec high C = 2.3 |year high C = |Jan mean C = -2.6 |Feb mean C = -1 |Mar mean C = 2.8 |Apr mean C = 8.2 |May mean C = 12.9 |Jun mean C = 16.3 |Jul mean C = 18.2 |Aug mean C = 18.3 |Sep mean C = 13.6 |Oct mean C = 8.7 |Nov mean C = 3.9 |Dec mean C = -0.9 |year mean C = |Jan low C = -5.8 |Feb low C = -4.7 |Mar low C = -1.6 |Apr low C = 3 |May low C = 7.7 |Jun low C = 11.4 |Jul low C = 13.2 |Aug low C = 13.5 |Sep low C = 9.4 |Oct low C = 4.7 |Nov low C = 0.7 |Dec low C = -3.7 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 45 |Feb precipitation mm = 43 |Mar precipitation mm = 56 |Apr precipitation mm = 72 |May precipitation mm = 83 |Jun precipitation mm = 96 |Jul precipitation mm = 88 |Aug precipitation mm = 67 |Sep precipitation mm = 64 |Oct precipitation mm = 54 |Nov precipitation mm = 46 |Dec precipitation mm = 53 |year precipitation = |date=May 2021|source=https://en.climate-data.org/europe/romania/alba/zlatna-44399/}}

Points of interest

  • A 220 m high chimney, interconnected with a smoke duct with a copper smelter (not in use any more) in the town.

References

|File:Zlatna.jpg|Downtown Zlatna |File:Biserica "Sf. Nicolae" şi "Naşterea Maicii Domnului" 2.jpg|Church of Saint Nicholas and of the Nativity of Virgin Mary |File:Biserica "Adormirea Maicii Domnului", Zlatna 3.jpg|Church of the Dormition |File:RO AB Bustul lui Avram Iancu din Zlatna (1).jpg|Bust of Avram Iancu

References

  1. "Results of the 2024 local elections". Central Electoral Bureau.
  2. (31 May 2023). "Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021". [[National Institute of Statistics (Romania).

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