Roșia Montană

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Roșia Montană

Total population

1,556

Coordinates46.31°, 23.13°

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

Overview

Roșia Montană is a commune of Alba County in the Apuseni Mountains of western Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the Valea Roșiei, through which the small river Roșia Montană flows. The commune is composed of sixteen villages: Bălmoșești, Blidești, Bunta, Cărpiniș (Abrudkerpenyes), Coasta Henții, Corna (Szarvaspatak), Curături, Dăroaia, Gârda-Bărbulești, Gura Roșiei (Verespataktorka), Iacobești, Ignățești, Roșia Montană, Șoal, Țarina, and Vârtop (Vartop).

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

Ábel Barabás

writer, Esperantist, historian

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Akos Farkas

Hungarian cinematographer (1898–1971)

Kálmán Erdélyi

Alexandru Sterca-Șuluțiu of Carpinis

Romanian Greek-catholic archbishop (1794-1867)

Petru Pavel Aron

Romanian Greek Catholic Bishop of Făgăraș (1752-1764)

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Antal Kagerbauer

German architect from Transylvania (1814-1872)

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Géza Pap

Romanian meteorologist

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István Pap

Romanian agronomist

Dezső Radnóti

Hungarian journalist, socio-cultural animator (1865–1903)

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Károly Révai

Hungarian poet, translator (1856–1923)

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Kálmán Váczy

botanist (1913–1992)

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Miklós Barabás

Hungarian cleric and writer

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Valerian Trifa

Romanian bishop (1914–1987)

Mariana Vartic

Romanian literary critic

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Ioan Sterca-Șuluțiu

Austrian noble (1796–1858)

Aba Sztankay

Hungarian pharmacist, chemist (1868–1936)

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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