Type: | commune |
County: | Alba |
Population Total: | auto |
Cut | |
Leader Name: | Sorin-Gheorghe Bâscă[1] |
Leader Party: | PNL |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 45.9333°N 63°W |
Elevation: | 284 |
Area Total: | 30.8 |
Postal Code: | 517206 |
Cut (German: Kokt, Quellendorf; Hungarian: Kútfalva) is a commune located in the southeastern part of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cut.
The commune is situated on the, in the southwestern part of the Transylvanian Plateau. It is located in the south-central part of Alba County, about southeast of Sebeș and northwest of Miercurea Sibiului. Cut was first attested in 1291, under the name terra Kut.[2]
The commune has a railway station that serves the CFR Line 200.[3]
At the 2021 census, Cut had a population of 1,054. According to the census from 2011, there was a total population of 1,075 people living in this commune, of which 97.3% were ethnic Romanians and 1.58% were ethnic Romani.
Septimiu Albini (1861–1919) spent his childhood in Cut, where his family originated from. The primary school in Cut is named after Albini and features a medallion with his likeness, while a statue of him stands before the mayor's office.[4]