Cetatea de Baltă

Cetatea de Baltă
—  Commune  —
Location in Alba County
Cetatea de Baltă Location in Romania
Coordinates: 46°15′N 24°10′E / 46.25°N 24.167°E / 46.25; 24.167
Country	Romania
County	Alba County
Population (2002)[1]
– Total	3,217
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
– Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Cetatea de Baltă (Hungarian: Küküllővár; German: Kokelburg) is a commune in Alba County, Romania with a population of 3217. 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

According to the 2002 census, the commune has 3217 inhabitans, including of whom 53.6% are Romanians, 25.9% Roma, 19.4% Hungarians and 0.9% Germans.

The villages by ethnic majority:

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

1. ^ (Romanian) "Cetatea de Baltă", at the Erdélyi Magyar Adatbank's Recensământ 2002; Retrieved on September 4, 2009

Coordinates: 46°15′N 24°10′E / 46.25°N 24.167°E / 46.25; 24.167