Pojorâta

Commune in Suceava, Romania

Pojorâta German: Pozoritta or Poschoritta
Commune
The town hall of Pojorâta (October 2014)
Coat of arms
Location in Suceava County
47°31′N 25°27′E / 47.517°N 25.450°E / 47.517; 25.450
Country	Romania
County	Suceava
Population (2021-12-01)^[1]	2,777
Time zone	EET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)
Vehicle reg.	SV

Pojorâta (German: Pozoritta or Poschoritta)^[2] is a commune located in the western part of Suceava County, in the historical region of Bukovina, northeastern Romania. With a surface area of 13,770 hectares, it comprises the villages of Pojorâta—as its chief commune—and Valea Putnei.

History

Historical affiliations

Moldavia (1388–1775)
Habsburg Monarchy (1775–1804)
Austrian Empire (1804–1867)
Austria-Hungary, Cisleithania (1867–1918)
Kingdom of Romania (1918–1947)
Romanian People's Republic (1947–1965)
Socialist Republic of Romania (1965–1989)
Romania (1989–present)

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 (part of the larger Bukovina German community) during the modern period up until the mid 20th century, starting as early as the Habsburg period and, later on, the Austro-Hungarian 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:^[3]

	Party	Seats	Current Council
	People's Movement Party (PMP)	9
	National Liberal Party (PNL)	1
	Social Democratic Party (PSD)	1

Gallery

The entrance in Pojorâta
Houses in Pojorâta
Pojorâta, view from a local lane
The former Roman Catholic church of the German community
The former Evangelical Lutheran church of the German community
The local kindergarten
The local cultural home
Pietrele Doamnei guest house
Adam and Eve forested hill peaks
Forested mountainous landscape near Pojorâta (June 2012)
Winter landscape in Pojorâta (February 2015)
Winter landscape in Pojorâta (January 2016)
Transrarău near Pojorâta (October 2014)

References

^ "Populaţia rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021" (XLS). National Institute of Statistics.
^ Kirchliche Blätter – Monatsschrift der Evangelischen Kirche A.B. in Rumänien in German (published in 2008)
^ "Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020" (Json) (in Romanian). Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă. Retrieved 2020-11-02.