Alţâna

Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = ROU
timezone = EET
utc_offset = +2
timezone_DST = EEST
utc_offset_DST = +3
official_name = Alţâna
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1291 (first official record)
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map_caption = Location of Alţâna, Sibiu
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subdivision_type1 = County
subdivision_name1 = Sibiu County
subdivision_type2 = Status
subdivision_name2 = Commune
settlement_type = Commune
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Brezaie Vasile
leader_party = Democratic Party
area_total_km2 = 83.32
population_as_of = 2002
population_total = 1621
population_density_km2= 19.5
postal_code_type = Postal Code
postal_code = 557005
website = http://www.cjsibiu.ro/ro/altana.php

Alţâna ( _de. Alzen) is a commune in the north of the Sibiu County, in central Romania (in the informal region of Transylvania). It was one of the most important villages of the Transylvanian Saxon seat of Nocrich.

Natives

* Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet, English lawyer, politician and judge