Șpring (; ) 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 ...

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. It is composed of six villages: Carpen (''Árvádtanya''), Carpenii de Sus (''Gyertyános''), Cunța (''Konca''; ''Zeckesdorf''), Drașov (''Drassó''; ''Troschen''), Șpring, and Vingard (''Vingárd''; ''Weingartskirchen'').

Geography

The commune is situated at the western edge of the

Transylvanian Plateau The Transylvanian Plateau (; ) is a plateau in central Romania. Description The plateau lies within and takes its name from the historical region of Transylvania, and is almost entirely surrounded by the Eastern Carpathians, Eastern, Southern ...

, at an altitude of , on the banks of the river

Secaș Secaș (; ) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Checheș, Crivobara, Secaș (commune seat) and Vizma. History Secaș first appears in written history in 1440. At that time it was assigned to Arad County, w ...

and its tributaries, the rivers Câlnic and Boz, with the river

Șpring Șpring (; ) is a Commune in Romania, commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Carpen (''Árvádtanya''), Carpenii de Sus (''Gyertyános''), Cunța (''Konca''; ''Zeckesdorf''), Drașov (''Drassó''; ' ...

flowing into the latter. Șpring commune is located in the southeastern part of Alba County, from the county seat,

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; ; ) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș (river), Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a ...

, on the border with

Sibiu County Sibiu County () is a county () of Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Its county seat () is the namesake town of Sibiu (). Name In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Hermannstadt''. Under the ...

. Immediately to the south of Cunța village three major roads go east to west. The first is the A1 motorway, which links

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

with the

Banat Banat ( , ; ; ; ) is a geographical and Historical regions of Central Europe, historical region located in the Pannonian Basin that straddles Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. It is divided among three countries: the eastern part lie ...

and

Crișana Crișana (, , ) is a geographical and historical region of Romania named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Romania, the term is sometimes extended to include areas ...

regions in western Romania. The second and the third, running together in this stretch, are national roads DN1 and DN7 (part of European routes E68 and E81), the former connecting Bucharest to

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

and

Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...

, and the latter to the

Demographics

At the 2021 census, Șpring had a population of 2,354, of which 90.57% were

Romanians Romanians (, ; dated Endonym and exonym, exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group and nation native to Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Sharing a Culture of Romania, ...

and 2.04%

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Natives

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), journalist and political activist *

Gavriil Munteanu Gavriil Munteanu (February 1812 – December 17/29, 1869) was a Romanian scientist and translator. He was one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy. He was born in Vingard, Principality of Transylvania, and studied philosophy and la ...

(1812–1869), scientist, translator, and one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy

References

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