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Vatra Dornei
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city in Suceava County, Romania
Key facts
- Country
- Romania
- County
- Suceava
- Mayor 2024 2028
- Marius-Vasile Rîpan ( PNL )
- Area
- 144.34 km (55.73 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 802 m (2,631 ft)
- Population 2021 12 01
- 12,578
- Density
- 87.141/km (225.70/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
- Area code
- (+40) 0230
- Vehicle reg
- SV
- Website
- primariavatradornei .ro
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Vatra Dornei ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˌvatra ˈdornej]; German: Dorna Watra; Hungarian: Dornavátra; Yiddish: דאָרנע, romanized: Dorne) is a city in Suceava County, north-eastern Romania. It is situated in the historical region of Bukovina and Western Moldavia. Vatra Dornei is the fifth largest urban settlement in the county, with a population of 12,578 inhabitants, according to the 2021 census.
It was declared a city in 2000, being the newest and smallest in the county. The city administers three villages: Argestru (German: Ardzestru), Roșu, and Todireni. Vatra Dornei is a well known spa and ski resort in the Carpathian Mountains and also is home to the historic Vatra Dornei Casino.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vatra Dornei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.