Bucium (german: Baumdorf; hu, Bucsony) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,454. It is composed of thirty villages: Anghelești, Bisericani, Bucium, Bucium-Sat (''Bucsum-Szát''), Cerbu (''Bucsum-Cserbu''), Ciuculești, Coleșeni, Dogărești, Ferești, Florești, Gura Izbitei, Helești, Izbicioara, Izbita (''Bucsum-Izbita''), Jurcuiești, Lupulești, Măgura, Muntari (''Bucsum-Muntár''), Petreni, Poiana, Poieni (''Bucsum-Pojén''), Stâlnișoara, Vâlcea, Valea Abruzel, Valea Albă, Valea Cerbului, Valea Negrilesii, Valea Poienii, Valea Șesii and Văleni. The commune is situated east of

Abrud Abrud ( la, Abruttus;Ștefan Pascu: A History of Transylvania, Dorset Press, 1990, , hu, Abrudbánya; german: Großschlatten) is a town in the north-western part of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, located on the river Abrud. It administer ...

. On its territory can be found a Roman castrum, as well as the ancient open-pit mining sites at Ieruga and Gaura Perii. The Bucium gold deposits are located within the northernmost volcanic belt of the "Golden Quadrilateral," near the Roșia Montană mining town. The physicist

Ion I. Agârbiceanu Ion I. Agârbiceanu (6 January 1907 – 9 March 1971) was a Romanian physicist born in Bucium, Alba County in Transylvania. He was the son of the writer and Greek-Catholic priest Ion Agârbiceanu and his wife Maria. ...

was a native of Bucium. His father, the writer

Ion Agârbiceanu Ion Agârbiceanu (first name also Ioan, last name also Agărbiceanu and Agîrbiceanu; September 12, 1882 – May 28, 1963) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian writer, journalist, politician, theologian and Greek-Catholic priest. Born among the ...

, served as Greek-Catholic parish priest at the church in Bucium–Șasa village (now Ciuculești). In

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

's '' Romanian Folk Dances'', the fourth dance is called "Buciumeana", meaning a dance from Bucium.David Cooper, ''Béla Bartók'', p. 138. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015,

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