Pietroasa ("stony" in Romanian; ) 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 3,209 people. It is composed of seven villages: Chișcău (''Kiskoh''), Cociuba Mică (''Felsőkocsoba''), Giulești (''Zsulest''), Gurani (''Gurány''), Măgura (''Biharmagura''), Moțești (''Mocsest'') and Pietroasa.

Bear Cave Bears' Cave (, ) is located in the western Apuseni Mountains, on the outskirts of Pietroasa, Bihor, Chișcău village, Bihor County, northwestern Romania. It was discovered in 1975 by Speodava, an amateur spelaeologist group. Bears' Cave recei ...

, a sightseeing location in the western

Apuseni Mountains The Apuseni Mountains (, "Western Mountains"; , "Transylvanian Mountains") are a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians. The highest peak is the Bihor Peak at . The Apuseni Mountains have ab ...

where 140 cave bear skeletons were found,Cave Bears
Jan Kowalski. psu.edu is on the outskirts of Chișcău village.

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* Pietroasa Localities in Crișana {{Bihor-geo-stub