Bocșa (; hu, Boksánbánya; german: Deutsch-Bokschan, Neuwerk) is a town in

Caraș-Severin County Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...

, in the

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

region of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

, with a population of 15,842 in 2011. The town is located in the northwestern part of the county, from the county seat,

Reșița Reșița (; german: link=no, Reschitz; hu, Resicabánya; hr, Ričica; cz, Rešice; sr, Решица/Rešica; tr, Reşçe) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had ...

. It is traversed by the

national road The National Road (also known as the Cumberland Road) was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the Federal Government of the United States, federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, the road connected the Pot ...

, which connects Reșița to

Voiteg Voiteg ( hu, Vejte; german: Wojtek) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages: Folea (''Fólya''; ''Folia'') and Voiteg. History Voiteg has existed since the 14th century, being first mentioned in 1322. Its name was ...

, in

Timiș County Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...

. Bocșa lies on the banks of the Bârzava River, to the west of the

Retezat-Godeanu Mountains group The Retezat–Godeanu mountain group is a subgroup of mountains in the Southern Carpathians, Romania. It is named after the highest mountains in the group, the Retezat Mountains. Boundaries The Retezat–Godeanu group of mountains is bounded: *i ...

, south of the , and north of the .

Natives

Nicolae Bocșan Nicolae Bocșan (24 September 1947 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian historian who specialized in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Banat and Transylvania and who also wrote extensively about the Revolution of 1848 in Transylvania ...

Vasile Ciocoi Vasile Sansiro Ciocoi (born 4 February 1976) is a former Romanian professional footballer. He was part of one of the best football generation of CSM Reșița with players like Leontin Doană, Sandu Roco or Cristian Chivu. His name Sansiro is ...

Sorin Frunzăverde Sorin Frunzăverde (26 April 1960 – 3 November 2019) was a Romanian politician. He served as the Minister of National Defense of Romania on two occasions as well as the Minister of Tourism and Ministry of Water, Forestry and Environmental Pr ...

Constantin Lucaci Constantin Lucaci (July 7, 1923 – July 20, 2014) was a Romanian contemporary sculptor, best known for his monumentalist sculptures and his kinetic fountains (or decorative moving metal fountains) most made from stainless steel , among which thos ...

Roco Sandu Roco Sandu (born 30 July 1966) is a former Romanian professional footballer. He was part of one of the best football generation of CSM Reșița with players like Leontin Doană, Vasile Ciocoi or Cristian Chivu Cristian Eugen Chivu (; born 26 ...

Sándor Szurmay Vitéz Baron Sándor Szurmay de Uzsok (19 December 1860 – 26 February 1945) was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence for the Hungarian portion of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary between 1917 and 1 ...

Climate

Bocșa has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(''Cfb'' in the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

References

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