Dobrești () is a commune in

Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea (Nagyvárad). Toponymy ...

Crișana Crișana (, , ) is a geographical and historical region of Romania named after the Criș (Körös) River and its three tributaries: the Crișul Alb, Crișul Negru, and Crișul Repede. In Romania, the term is sometimes extended to include areas ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

with a population of 5,260 people (2011). It is composed of eight villages: Cornișești (''Nagykerpesd''), Crâncești (''Karáncsfalva''), Dobrești, Hidișel (''Nánhegyes''), Luncasprie (''Lankás''), Răcaș (''Lankástanya''), Topa de Jos (''Alsótopa''), and Topa de Sus (''Felsőtopa'').

Geography

The commune is located in the south-central part of Bihor County, southeast of the county seat,

Oradea Oradea (, , ; ; ) is a city in Romania, located in the Crișana region. It serves as the administrative county seat, seat of Bihor County and an economic, social, and cultural hub in northwestern Romania. The city lies between rolling hills on ...

. Dobrești is situated in the foothills of the

Pădurea Craiului Mountains The Pădurea Craiului Mountains are in the northwestern part of the Apuseni Mountains of the Carpathian Mountain range, located between the and the Beiuș Depression. The Dealurile Vestice (Western Hills) are located to the west of these moun ...

. It lies on the banks of the river Holod, and its right tributary, the river

Topa Topa is a census town in the Mandu CD block in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Topa is located at . Area overview Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongsi ...

; the river Valea lui Vasile flows into the Topa in Hidișel village.

Economy

The Dobrești mine is located on the territory of the commune. Opened in 1965, the mine, which employed 2,000 workers, produced 140,000 tonnes of

bauxite Bauxite () is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. It is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. Bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (), boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)), and diaspore (α-AlO(OH) ...

per year; the mine closed in 1999.

References

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