Zlatna

Zlatna (; ; ) is a town in Alba County, central Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 7,490.
Administration.
The town administers eighteen villages: Botești ("Golddorf"; "Botesbánya"), Budeni ("Higendorf"), Dealu Roatei ("Rotberg"), Dobrot, Dumbrava, Feneș ("Wildendorf"; "Fenes"), Galați ("Galz"; "Ompolygalac"), Izvoru Ampoiului ("Gross-Ompeil"; "Nagyompoly"), Pârău Gruiului ("Gruybach"), Pătrângeni ("Peters"; "Ompolykövesd "), Pirita ("Pfirth"), Podu lui Paul ("Pauls"), Runc ("Goldrücken"), Ruși ("Rusch"), Suseni ("Oberdorf"), Trâmpoiele ("Trempojel"; "Kénesd"), Valea Mică ("Kleinwasser") and Vâltori ("Waldrücken"; "Vultur").
Geography.
Located 36 km north-west of Alba Iulia, in the Zlatna depression, the town lies at the confluence of Ampoi River with Valea Morilor creek.
Climate.
Zlatna has a humid continental climate ("Cfb" in the Köppen climate classification).
History.
A gold mining settlement has existed in the area since Roman times, when it was known as a municipium under the name of "Ampellum". The name "Zlatna" (derived from the Slavic term for gold) was first recorded in a 1347 document. In 1387, it was awarded town status. During 1619-1620 Gabriel Bethlen, brought to Zlatna a few hundred German and Slovak settlers for mining work. Tellurium was first discovered in a Zlatna mine in 1782 by Austrian mineralogist Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein. Zlatna regained its town status in 1968, after a time when it was officially a commune.