Bălan
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Bălan (; , ) is a town in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. It has historically been one of Transylvania and Romania's most important centers for copper mining, but its mines are no longer operational. Its Romanian name means "blond", the German name means "copper mine" while the Hungarian name means "Balán mine".
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Harghita
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Bălan
- Romanian subdivision.other_name
- Balánbánya
- Romanian subdivision.image_shield
- ROU HR Balan CoA.png
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Oraşul Bălan - panoramio.jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- View of Bălan
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Balan jud Harghita.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Harghita County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Gheorghe Iojiban
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- Independent
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 850
- Romanian subdivision.elevation_max
- 1792
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 2.33
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 535200
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +(40) 266
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Bălan (; , ) is a town in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. It has historically been one of Transylvania and Romania's most important centers for copper mining, but its mines are no longer operational. Its Romanian name means "blond", the German name means "copper mine" while the Hungarian name means "Balán mine".
==Geography== The town lies in the Ciuc Depression (Romanian Depresiunea Ciucului, ). It is surrounded by the Hășmaș Mountains (Hășmașul Mare and Hășmașul Mic). The town's altitude is ; this rises to at the highest peak of the Hășmaș Mountains. Bălan is crossed by the river Olt.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bălan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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