Preluca Veche

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Preluca Veche

Total population

465

Coordinates47.47°, 23.71°

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

Overview

Copalnic-Mănăștur is a commune in Maramureș County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of twelve villages: Berința (Kővárberence), Cărpiniș (Kővárgyertyános), Copalnic (Szurdukkápolnok), Copalnic-Deal (Kápolnokdomb), Copalnic-Mănăștur, Curtuiușu Mic (Kiskörtvélyes), Făurești (Kováskápolnok), Lăschia (Lacház), Preluca Nouă (Újharagos), Preluca Veche (Haragos), Rușor (Rózsapatak), and Vad (Révkápolnok). The general area is a historic mining region.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

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

Earthquake history

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

Notable people from here

Sándor Thoroczkay

Augustin Buzura

Romanian writer (1938–2017)

C

Cristian Ponde

Portuguese association football player

I

Ioan Belu

Romanian politician

V

Vasile Gheție

Romanian veterinarian

Augustin Cozmuța

Romanian literary critic

E

Emil Dragomir

Romanian priest (1882-1959)

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Teodor Herman

V

Vasile Gheorghe Coţofan

Romanian veterinarian (1934-2017)

Marietta Anca

Romanian theatre actress

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

Nearby places in Maramureș

• Dealu Corbului
  1.7 mi away · pop. 136
• Groape
  1.9 mi away · pop. 90
• Măgureni
  2 mi away · pop. 259
• Rușor
  2.4 mi away · pop. 299
• Preluca Nouă
  2.6 mi away · pop. 335
• Copalnic-Mănăștur
  3.1 mi away · pop. 847
• Cernești
  3.1 mi away · pop. 1,093
• Aspra
  3.5 mi away · pop. 74
• Peteritea
  3.6 mi away · pop. 320
• Vad
  3.6 mi away · pop. 389
• Răzoare
  3.8 mi away · pop. 1,131
• Vima Mică
  3.9 mi away · pop. 448

Browse all places in Maramureș →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Graceful Bush-cricket

Pachytrachis gracilis

Seen 2026-08-16

Marbled Rose-chafer

Protaetia marmorata

Seen 2026-08-15

Goblet-marked Damselfly

Erythromma lindenii

Seen 2026-08-15

Keeled Skimmer

Orthetrum coerulescens

Seen 2026-08-15

Small Pincertail

Onychogomphus forcipatus

Seen 2026-08-15

Southern Darter

Sympetrum meridionale

Seen 2026-08-15

Small Red-eyed Damselfly

Erythromma viridulum

Seen 2026-08-15

Broad Scarlet

Crocothemis erythraea

Seen 2026-08-15

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers