Ocna Mures

Ocna Mures is a metropolis in Alba County, Romania, positioned within the north-eastern corner of the county, close to the Mures River, with a populace of 15,503 inhabitants as of 2002. The metropolis is located next to a large deposit of salt, mined within the past until the ceiling of the mines collapsed from water infiltration in 1978.

Ocna Mureș has a chlorosodic products plant,a salt extraction plant and a spa which makes use of the salty water from the previous mines. The metropolis administers 5 villages: Cisteiu de Mures, Micoslaca, Razboieni-Cetate, Uioara de Jos and Uioara de Sus. The spa is no longer strolling. The chemical plant in town becomes finally bought by means of an Indian employer from a enterprise primarily based in Timisoara. Currently the plant has ceased hobby. The majority of high school students attend either Liceul Teoretic Petru Maior or the 'Chemistry School,' wherein many are skilled to later paintings for the manufacturing unit on the town.