Bucium (; ) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 1,272 as of 2021. It is composed of thirty villages: AngheleÃÂti, Bisericani, Bucium, Bucium-Sat (Bucsum-Szát), Cerbu (Bucsum-Cserbu), CiuculeÃÂti, ColeÃÂeni, DogÃÂreÃÂti, FereÃÂti, FloreÃÂti, Gura Izbitei, HeleÃÂti, Izbicioara, Izbita (Bucsum-Izbita), JurcuieÃÂti, LupuleÃÂti, MÃÂgura, Muntari (Bucsum-Muntár), Petreni, Poiana, Poieni (Bucsum-Pojén), StâlniÃÂoara, Vâlcea, Valea Abruzel, Valea AlbÃÂ, Valea Cerbului, Valea Negrilesii, Valea Poienii, Valea ÃÂesii, and VÃÂleni.
The commune is situated east of Abrud. On its territory can be found a Roman castrum, as well as the ancient open-pit mining sites at Ieruga and Gaura Perii. The Bucium gold deposits are located within the northernmost volcanic belt of the "Golden Quadrilateral," near the RoÃÂia MontanÃÂ mining town.
The physicist Ion I. Agârbiceanu was a native of Bucium. His father, the writer Ion Agârbiceanu, served as Greek-Catholic parish priest at the church in BuciumâÂÂÃÂasa village (now CiuculeÃÂti).
In Béla Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances, the fourth dance is called "Buciumeana", meaning a dance from Bucium.