Baia de Arieș 5.08

Baia de Arieș is a town in Alba County, Romania. It administers five villages: Brăzești, Cioara de Sus, Muncelu, Sartăș and Simulești. With a population of 5,065, it was until 2004 a mining centre extracting, mainly for base metals but also arsenopyrite and pyrite-rich concentrate containing gold.The first writing about it is in a document of Charles I of Hungary since 1325. In the beginning of the 15th century it was declared free town. It lost town status later, but regained it in 1998.Baia de Arieș's tourist objectives are the monument of nature tree known as the "Emperor's beech" and the Muncel Monastery.DemographicsAccording to the census from 2011 there was a total population of 3,433 people living in this commune. Of this population, 99.3% are ethnic Romanians, 0.55% are ethnic Hungarians and 0.19% ethnic Romani.