Nucet
{{Redirect|Diófás|the village in Bistrița-Năsăud County with this name in Hungarian|Chiuza}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type = town
|county = Bihor
|official_name = Nucet
|image_flag =
|image_shield = ROU BH Nucet CoA.png
|image_skyline = File:Orașul Nucet Bihor.jpg
|image_caption = View of Nucet from a hill
|image_location =
|image_map = Nucet jud Bihor.png
|map_caption = Location within Bihor County
|leader_name = Dănuț Lazea{{cite web |url=https://primarianucet.ro/?page_id=34 |title=Primar – date personale și atribuții|language=ro |publisher=Nucet town hall |website=primarianucet.ro | access-date=9 May 2025 |df=dmy-all}}
|leader_party = PNL
|term = 2024–2028
|coordinates = {{coord|46|29|3|N|22|33|41|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation = 410
|elevation_min =
|elevation_max =
|area_total = 41.11
|area_footnotes =
|population_as_of =
|population_total = auto
|population_footnotes =
|postal_code = 415400
|area_code = (+40) 02 59
|website = {{URL|https://primarianucet.ro/}}
}}
Nucet ({{IPA|ro|nuˈtʃet}}; {{langx|hu|Diófás}}) is a town in Bihor County, western Transylvania, Romania. Its name means "walnut trees" both in Romanian and Hungarian. It administers two villages, Băița (Rézbánya) and Băița-Plai.
Geography
The town is situated at an altitude of {{cvt|410|m}}, on the banks of the river Crișul Băița. It lies in the western foothills of the Bihor Mountains, at the edge of the Apuseni Natural Park. It is located at the southern extremity of Bihor County, {{cvt|90|km}} southeast of the county seat, Oradea, on the border with Alba County. Nucet is crossed by national road {{ill|DN75|ro}}, which starts near Ștei, {{cvt|10|km}} to the northwest, and runs to Câmpeni (the capital of Țara Moților), {{cvt|62|km}} to the southeast, and on to Turda, where it joins DN1.
The uranium-producing Băița mine is located on the territory of Nucet.{{cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/loc-1981.html|title=Băița mining district, Nucet, Bihor County, Romania|website=www.mindat.org|access-date=October 16, 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ziua.net/display.php?id=5110&data=1998-04-01 |title=Minereul radioactiv din Apuseni a contribuit la bomba atomică sovietică|trans-title=The radioactive ore from the Apuseni Mountains contributed to the Soviet atomic bomb| first=Mariana|last= Gavrilă|date=May 30, 2009 |website=www.ziua.net |language=ro |access-date=October 16, 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012140552/http://www.ziua.net/display.php?data=1998-04-01&id=5110 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 }}
Demographics
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1880 |807
|1890 |785
|1900 |902
|1910 |689
|1920 |644
|1930 |779
|1941 |772
|1956 |9879
|1966 |2768
|1977 |2345
|1992 |2531
|2002 |2851
|2011 |2148
|2021 |1987
}}
Nucet is the smallest town in Bihor County and the second smallest town in Romania; only Băile Tușnad is smaller than Nucet. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,148, made up of Romanians (89.57%), Hungarians (3.44%), Roma (3.77%), and Germans (0.27%).[http://www.edrc.ro/recensamant.jsp?regiune_id=2140&judet_id=2141&localitate_id=2147 Romanian 2002 Census] At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 1,987; of those, 89.03% were Romanians and 3.72% Roma.{{cite web|url=https://www.recensamantromania.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tabel-1.03_1.3.1-si-1.03.2.xls|title=Populația rezidentă după grupa de vârstă, pe județe și municipii, orașe, comune, la 1 decembrie 2021|publisher=INSSE|language=ro|date=31 May 2023}}
See also
References
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{{Gallery
|File:Entrada Nucet.r.JPG|Entrance to Nucet
|File:Rézbánya katolikus temploma.jpg|Băița
|File:A bihari hegyek - panoramio.jpg|View of the Bihor Mountains from around Nucet
|File:Zengőkő - Piatra Graitoare - panoramio (23).jpg|The {{ill| Vârtop Pass|ro|Pasul Vârtop}}, viewed from the Gălișoaia Peak
}}
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Category:Populated places in Bihor County
Category:Localities in Crișana
Category:Socialist planned cities
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