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Poiana Vântului

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Air quality index

55Moderate
Coordinates44.78°, 22.62°

Demographic figures from INS Romania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

As a village in Mehedinți, Romania, Poiana Vântului occupies its own corner of the country. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Located at 44.783°, 22.617°, Poiana Vântului occupies a temperate portion of the northern hemisphere. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. Solar-resource estimates put the area at about 1,361 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year with sunshine for roughly 53% of daylight hours. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
44.7834
Longitude
22.6167
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Moderate
55
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
10.8
PM10 (µg/m³)
20.8
Ozone (µg/m³)
57
NO₂ (µg/m³)
2.1

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
4,038
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Common Chaffinch
    Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    44
  • Mallard
    Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    43
  • Black-headed Gull
    Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    42
  • Common wall lizard
    Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768) · Squamata
    41
  • Sempervivum heuffelii Schott
    Sempervivum heuffelii Schott · Magnoliopsida
    38
  • Hooded Crow
    Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    34
  • Great Cormorant/European Shag
    Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    33
  • White Wagtail
    Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    31

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
33
Largest magnitude
5.6
Largest event
2023-02-14

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Dumitru Berciu
Dumitru Berciu
Romanian historian, archaeologist (1907-1998)
N
Nicodim Nicolăescu
Constantin Gruiescu
Constantin Gruiescu
Romanian boxer (1945–2024)
I
Ion Berciu
Romanian archaeologist (1904-1986)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.73
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,361

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org