Mihalț (; ) 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 ...

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. It has a population of 3,096 as of 2021, and is composed of four villages: Cistei (''Oláhcsesztve''), Mihalț, Obreja (''Obrázsa''), and Zărieș (''Zerjes''). The commune lies on the banks of the

Târnava River The Târnava (full name in ; ; ; ) is a river in Romania. It is formed by the confluence of the Târnava Mare and Târnava Mică in the town of Blaj. The Târnava flows into the Mureș after 23 km near the town of Teiuș. The two source riv ...

and its tributaries, the

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 the

Dunărița The Dunărița is a right tributary of the river Târnava in 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 ...

. The Cistel train station serves the CFR Main Line 300, which connects

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with the Hungarian border near

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. In Mihalț, there is a folklore group called "Banul Mihalcea". It has first performed in 1906 and it is active ever since. Their most important dance is called "Jocul de Haidău".

Natives

* Dorin Giurgiuca (1944–2013), table tennis player and coach *

Nicolae Mărgineanu Nicolae may refer to: * Nicolae (name), an Aromanian and Romanian name * ''Nicolae'' (novel), a 1997 novel See also *Nicolai (disambiguation) *Nicolao Nicolao is an Italian given name and a surname. It may refer to the following: Given name *Ni ...

(1905–1980), psychologist

References

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