Cut (german: Kokt, Quellendorf; hu, Kútfalva) is a

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

located in the southeastern part of Alba County,

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

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. It is composed of a single village, Cut. The commune is situated on the Secașelor Plateau, about southeast of

Sebeș Sebeș (; German: ''Mühlbach''; Hungarian: ''Szászsebes''; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Melnbach'') is a city in Alba County, central Romania, southern Transylvania. Geography The city lies in the Mureș River valley and straddles the rive ...

and northwest of Miercurea Sibiului. Cut was first attested in 1291, under the name ''terra Kut.'' The commune has a railway station that serves the CFR Line 200. According to the census from 2011 there was a total population of 1,075 people living in this commune, of which 97.3% are ethnic

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and 1.58% are ethnic

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Septimiu Albini Septimiu Albini (June 9, 1861 – November 7, 1919) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian journalist and political activist. A native of Transylvania, he attended the University of Vienna, where he was active in the local affiliate of ''Junimea'' ...

(1861–1919) spent his childhood in Cut, where his family originated from. The primary school in Cut is named after Albini and features a medallion with his likeness, while a statue of him stands before the mayor's office.

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