Mihalț
commune in Alba County, Romania
Mihalț (German: Michelsdorf; Hungarian: Mihálcfalva) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. 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 and its tributaries, the Secaș and the Dunărița.
The Cistel train station serves the CFR Main Line 300, which connects Bucharest with the Hungarian border near Oradea.
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".
“Mihalț” enters the record as commune in Alba County, Romania. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mihalț, commune and Alba can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Mihalț” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mihalț, commune and Alba provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16425304. Authority coordinates are 46.161, 23.763. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 1906.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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This entry incorporates text from “Mihalț” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.