Pojorâta () is a commune located in the western part of

Suceava County Suceava County () is a county (') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat and the ...

, 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.

History

As it is the case of other former mining rural settlements from Suceava County, Pojorâta was previously inhabited by a sizeable German community, more specifically by

Zipser Germans The Zipser Germans, Zipser Saxons, or, simply, just Zipsers (, , , ) are a German-speaking (more specifically Zipser German-speaking as native dialect) sub-ethnic group in Central- Eastern Europe and national minority in both Slovakia and Roma ...

(part of the larger Bukovina German community) during the

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up until the mid 20th century, starting as early as the Habsburg period and, later on, the

Austro-Hungarian Austria-Hungary, also referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Dual Monarchy or the Habsburg Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. A military and diplomatic alliance, it consist ...

period.

Administration and local politics

Communal council

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

2020 Romanian local elections Local elections were held in Romania on 27 September 2020. Initially planned for June 2020, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic led the Government of Romania to postpone the elections to a date no later than 31 December 2020, and extending al ...

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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