Vasile Lucaciu National College ( ro, Colegiul Naţional Vasile Lucaciu) is a public day school for students aged 10 to 19, established in 1962 and located in

Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș ...

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. The college is named after

Vasile Lucaciu Vasile Lucaciu (January 21, 1852 – November 29, 1922) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic priest and an advocate of equal rights of Romanians with the Hungarians in Transylvania. Biogeaphy He was born in Apa, Szatmár County, the son of Mihai L ...

, a

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and

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. It includes a gymnasium as well as a

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Former names

* Medium School No. 3 ( ro, Şcoala Medie Nr. 3) between 1962 and 1965 * High School No. 3 ( ro, Liceul Nr. 3) between 1965 and 1971 * High School Mathematics and Physics No. 1 ( ro, Liceul de Matematică - Fizică Nr. 1) between 1971 and 1982 * Industrial High School No. 8 ( ro, Liceul Industrial Nr. 8) between 1982 and 1990 * Vasile Lucaciu High School ( ro, Liceul Vasile Lucaciu) between 1990 and 1999 * Vasile Lucaciu National College ( ro, Colegiul Naţional Vasile Lucaciu) since 1999 {{coord missing, Maramureș County Educational institutions established in 1962 Schools in Maramureș County Buildings and structures in Baia Mare National Colleges in Romania 1962 establishments in Romania