Pojorâta (german: Pozoritta or Poschoritta) is a

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located in the western part of

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, in the historical region of

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, northeastern

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. With a surface area of 13,770 hectares, it comprises the villages of Pojorâta—as its chief commune—and Valea Putnei.

Late modern period history

As it is the case of other former mining rural settlements from the countryside of Suceava County, Pojorâta was previously inhabited by a sizable

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community, more specifically by

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(part of the larger

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community) during the late Modern Age up until the mid

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, starting as early as the Habsburg period and, later on, the Austro-Hungarian period.

Administration and local politics

Communal council

The commune's current local council has the following political composition, according to the results of the

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Gallery

File:RO SV Pojorata (1).JPG, The entrance in Pojorâta File:RO SV Pojorata (9).JPG, Houses in Pojorâta File:RO SV Pojorata (11).JPG, Pojorâta, view from a local lane File:RO SV Pojorata (3).JPG, The former Roman Catholic church of the German community File:RO SV Pojorata (8).JPG, The former Evangelical Lutheran church of the German community File:RO SV Pojorata (15).JPG, The local kindergarten File:RO SV Pojorata (12).JPG, The local cultural home File:Pensiunea Pietrele Doamnei - Pojorata - panoramio (3).jpg, Pietrele Doamnei guest house File:Adam si Eva - panoramio.jpg, Adam and Eve forested hill peaks File:Comuna Pojorâta, Romania - panoramio.jpg, Forested mountainous landscape near Pojorâta (June 2012) File:Pojorîta - panoramio.jpg, Winter landscape in Pojorâta (February 2015) File:Pojorîta - panoramio (1).jpg, Winter landscape in Pojorâta (January 2016) File:RO SV Transrarau (9).JPG, Transrarău near Pojorâta (October 2014)

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