Bucium, Alba

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Bucium (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,272 as of 2021. 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 Template:Cvt east of Abrud. 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.[1]

The physicist Ion I. Agârbiceanu was a native of Bucium. His father, the writer Ion Agârbiceanu, served as Greek-Catholic parish priest at the church in Bucium–Șasa village (now Ciuculești).

In Béla Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances, the fourth dance is called "Buciumeana", meaning a dance from Bucium.[2]

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  2. David Cooper, Béla Bartók, p. 138. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015, Template:ISBN

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