Baia de Arieş

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3
map_caption = Location of Baia de Arieş

|official_name=Baia de Arieş


subdivision_type1=County
subdivision_name1=Alba County
subdivision_type2=Status
subdivision_name2=Autolink|Town
settlement_type=Town|
leader_title=Mayor
leader_name=Silviu Mirzan
leader_party=Social Democratic Party
|area_total_km2=81
population_as_of=2002
population_total=5065|latd=46|latm=22|lats=46|latNS=N|longd=23|longm=16|longs=47|longEW=E|
website=

Baia de Arieş (Hungarian: "Aranyosbánya" or "Offenbánya", German: "Offenburg") is a town in Alba County, Romania which encomprises also the villages of Sartăş, Brăzeşti, Muncel, Cioara De Sus and Simuleşti. With a population of 5,065, it was until 2004 a mining centre extracting mainly base metals but also arsenopyrite and pyrite-rich concentrate containing gold.

The first writing about it is in a document of Charles I of Hungary since 1325. In the beginning of the 15th century it was declared free town. It lost this status later, but regained it in 1998.

Baia de Arieş's touristical objectives are the monument of nature tree known as the "Emperor's beech" and the Muncel Monastery.

External links

*ro icon [http://www.prefecturaalba.ro/PrezentareLocalitati/OrasulBaiadeAries.htm Official presentation form Alba County Office]