Câlnic
Câlnic is a commune in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, composed of two villages, Câlnic and Deal. Câlnic village is known for its castle, which is on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,960 residents
- Description: commune in Alba County, Romania
- Also known as: “Calnic”, “Câlnic, Alba”, “Cîlnic”, “Kelling”, and “Kelnek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Câlnic Citadel.
Câlnic Citadel
Castle
Photo: Zsolt deak, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro.
The Câlnic Fortress is a fortress located in Câlnic, Alba County, in the Transylvania region of Romania. It was built by a nobleman whose family later sold it to the local ethnic German Transylvanian Saxon community at a time when the area belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Câlnic and Reciu.
Cut
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cut is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Câlnic.
Câlnic
- Category: commune of Romania
- Location: Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.8901° or 45° 53′ 24″ northLongitude
23.656° or 23° 39′ 22″ eastPopulation
2,960Elevation
367 metres (1,204 feet)Open location code
8GQ5VMR4+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 75247555
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Câlnic” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Câlnic”
- Arabic: “كيلنيك”
- Basque: “Câlnic (Alba)”
- Basque: “Câlnic”
- Catalan: “Câlnic”
- Cebuano: “Comuna Câlnic”
- Chechen: “Килник (коммуна, Алба)”
- Chechen: “Килник”
- Chinese: “Câlnic”
- Chinese: “克爾尼克鄉”
- Dutch: “Câlnic”
- Dutch: “Kelling”
- Dutch: “Kelnek”
- Esperanto: “Câlnic”
- Esperanto: “Kelling”
- Esperanto: “Kelnek község”
- Esperanto: “Kelnek”
- French: “Câlnic”
- French: “Kelling”
- French: “Kelnek”
- German: “Câlnic”
- German: “Kelling”
- German: “Kelnek”
- Hungarian: “Câlnic”
- Hungarian: “Kelling”
- Hungarian: “Kelnek község”
- Hungarian: “Kelnek”
- Irish: “Câlnic”
- Italian: “Câlnic”
- Italian: “Kelling”
- Italian: “Kelnek”
- Japanese: “クルニク”
- Lithuanian: “Câlnic”
- Lithuanian: “Kelnek”
- Macedonian: “Келник”
- Malay: “Câlnic, Alba”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Câlnic”
- Polish: “Câlnic”
- Portuguese: “Câlnic”
- Portuguese: “Kelling”
- Portuguese: “Kelnek”
- Romanian: “Câlnic”
- Romanian: “Comuna Câlnic, Alba”
- Romanian: “Kelling”
- Romanian: “Kelnek”
- Serbian: “Општина Калник”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Câlnic, Alba”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Câlnic”
- Spanish: “Câlnic”
- Spanish: “Kelling”
- Spanish: “Kelnek”
- Tatar: “Килник (коммуна, Алба)”
- Tatar: “Килник”
- Turkish: “Câlnic”
- Turkish: “Kelnek (Alba)”
- Ukrainian: “Килнік”
- Vietnamese: “Câlnic, Alba”
- Volapük: “Câlnic”
- Welsh: “Câlnic”
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