The Vânători-Neamț Natural Park ( ro, Parcul Natural Vânători-Neamț) is situated in north-east
Romania
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, in
Neamț County
Neamț County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River.
Demographics
Population
In 2011, it had a population of 470,766 ...
, on the border with Suceava County. It lies on the administrative territories of the communes Agapia,
Bălțătești
Bălțătești is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bălțătești, Valea Arini, and Valea Seacă. It also included Ghindăoani village until 2003, when it was split off to form Ghindăoani Com ...
Crăcăoani
Crăcăoani is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Cracăul Negru, Crăcăoani, Magazia, Mitocu Bălan and Poiana Crăcăoani. To the east lies Ghindăoani and to the north lies Bălțătești. ...
,
Vânători-Neamț
Vânători-Neamț is a commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Lunca, Mânăstirea Neamț, Nemțișor, and Vânători-Neamț.
The commune lies on the banks of the river Nemțișor. It is located in ...
,
Răucești
Răucești is a Commune in Romania, commune in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Oglinzi, Răucești, Săvești and Ungheni.
References
Communes in Neamț County
Localities in Western Moldavia
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,
Boroaia
Boroaia is a commune located in Suceava County, Western Moldavia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the no ...
(Suceava), and the town of
Târgu Neamț
Târgu Neamț (; german: Niamtz, hu, Németvásár, he, נאמץ טרגו, la, Ante Castrum Nempch) is a town in Neamț County, Western Moldavia, Romania, on the river Neamț. It had, , a population of 20,496. Three villages are administered ...
.
The park is situated in the
Eastern Carpathian Foothills
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, at the foot of the , and is crossed by the rivers
Cracău
The Cracău is a left tributary of the river Bistrița in Romania. It is formed at the confluence of its headwaters Cracăul Alb and Cracăul Negru in Magazia. It discharges into the Bistrița in Roznov.Ozana.
Vânători Park is one of the few places where the
European bison
The European bison (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, along ...
(''Bison bonasus'') can be seen. There are 17 such ''zimbrii'' in a protected area in Vânători-Neamț commune. The aurochs head ("cap de bour" in
Romanian
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) is the
heraldic
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symbol of the historical province of
Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...
, although the aurochs (now extinct) was a separate species from the European bison.
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European bison
The European bison (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, along ...