Ceru-Băcăinți (; ) is a commune located in

Alba County Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...

Transylvania Transylvania ( or ; ; or ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Siweberjen'') is a List of historical regions of Central Europe, historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

. It has a population of 227 as of 2021 and is composed of ten villages: Bolovănești, Bulbuc (''Bulbuk''), Ceru-Băcăinți, Cucuta, Curpeni (''Kurpény''), Dumbrăvița, Fântânele, Groși, Valea Mare (''Váleamáre''), and Viezuri (''Gyézuri házcsoport''). The commune is situated in the western part of the county, on the border with

Hunedoara County Hunedoara County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Deva, Romania, Deva. The county is part of the Danube–Criș–Mureș–Tisa Euroregion. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as , ...

. It lies in the southwestern part of the

Metaliferi Mountains Metaliferi Mountains (; ), meaning Ore Mountains, are in the Carpathian Mountain Range and are a division of the Apuseni Mountains. Peaks The highest peak is , with an elevation of . The range also includes the '' Detunatele'', a pair of basalt ...

; with an altitude of , the Piatra Tomii peak dominates Bulbuc village. At the 2021 census, the commune had a population of 227, of which 95.15% were Romanians. There has been only one birth in Ceru-Băcăinți since 2022.

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* Communes in Alba County Localities in Transylvania {{Alba-geo-stub