Consiliul Judetean Alba, Alba Iulia

Alba County is situated in the central part of Romania, where the Transylvanian Plateau, Apuseni Mountains and the Southern Carpathians meet each other, on the middle course of the Mureş River, which crosses the county from the North-East (in the Ocna Mureş area) to the South-West (in Şibot area).
The county has a surface of 6, 231 square kilometers representing 2.6% of the country surface. It is the 16th county as surface, being a medium-sized county in terms of surface.
The Alba Countys neighbors are Cluj County in North, Bihor and Arad County in North-West, Hunedoara County in the South-West, Vâlcea County in South, Sibiu County in the South-East and Mureş County in the North-East.
The high relief forms predominate in the Alba County, thus, mountains cover about 52% of the total surface, and plateaus and hills cover 26% and fields 22%. The Eastern ends of the Metaliferi Mountains, Trascău Mountain peaks, the Southern slopes of the Biharia Mountains as well as the Şureanu Mountains dominate the mountain area. The Secaşe and Târnave Plateaus as well as the mountains hollows Zlatna, Abrud and Câmpeni form the plateaus and hills area, while the field area is dominated by the Alba Iulia-Turda Hollow and partially by the Orăştie Corridor.
The relief is organized into three natural units: the Apuseni Mountains in the North-West, the Parâng Group, the Southern Carpathians (in the South part of the Şureanu Mountains, west of the Sebeş Valley and a narrow strip of the Cindrel Mountains, East of the Sebeş) and the Târnave Plateau in the East (the Târnave Plateau and Secaşe Plateau); the corridor of Mureş separates the high area of the Apuseni Mountains of the area characterized by hills, of the Târnave Plateau, with heights of 400-500 m.
The climate is temperate-continental, specific to our country, influenced by the altitude, with annual average temperatures of 2-Celsius degrees in mountain areas and 9.5-Celsius degrees in Lunca Mureşului.