Cavnic
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Cavnic (; ) is a former mining town located in the valley of the river Cavnic, east of Baia Mare, in Maramureș County, northern Romania. Part of the Baia Mare metropolitan area, the town covers , at altitudes ranging from above sea level.
Key facts
- Romanian subdivision.type
- town
- Romanian subdivision.county
- Maramureș
- Romanian subdivision.official_name
- Cavnic
- Romanian subdivision.image_skyline
- Chalcopyrite on sphalerite (Bolut Mine, Cavnic, Romania).jpg
- Romanian subdivision.image_caption
- Chalcopyrite on sphalerite, Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Carnegie Museum of Natural History specimen CM27849
- Romanian subdivision.image_map
- Cavnic jud Maramures.png
- Romanian subdivision.map_caption
- Location in Maramureș County
- Romanian subdivision.leader_name
- Vladimir Petruț
- Romanian subdivision.leader_term
- 2024–2028
- Romanian subdivision.leader_party
- PNL
- Romanian subdivision.elevation
- 760
- Romanian subdivision.elevation_min
- 500
- Romanian subdivision.elevation_max
- 1500
- Romanian subdivision.area_total
- 47.17
- Romanian subdivision.population_total
- auto
- Romanian subdivision.postal_code
- 435000
- Romanian subdivision.area_code
- +40-(0)262
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cavnic
- Country
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Located in
- Maramureș County
- Population
- 4264
- Area
- 47.170000
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- www.cavnic.ro
- Image
- Biserica Sfanta Varvara din CavnicMM (11).JPG
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- Commons category
- Cavnic
- P8168
- Bartholin
- postal code
- 435000
- mountain range
- Carpathians
- native label
- Kapnik
- phone number
- +40-262295046
- street address
- str. 22 Decembrie nr. 7, Cavnic, jud. Maramureș
- population by native language
- 271
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- inception
- 1336-00-00
- historical region
- Transylvania
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Cavnic (; ) is a former mining town located in the valley of the river Cavnic, east of Baia Mare, in Maramureș County, northern Romania. Part of the Baia Mare metropolitan area, the town covers , at altitudes ranging from above sea level.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cavnic” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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