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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Suceava
|official_name      = Pojorâta
|other_name         = {{langx|de|link=no|Pozoritta or Poschoritta}}
|subdivisions       = '''Pojorâta''', Valea Putnei
|image_flag         = 
|image_shield       = ROU SV Pojorata CoA.png
|image_skyline      = RO SV Pojorata (16).JPG
|image_caption      = The town hall of Pojorâta (October 2014)
|image_map          = Pojorata jud Suceava.png
|map_caption        = Location in Suceava County
|leader_name        = Ioan Bogdan Codreanu<ref>[https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale09062024v2/ Local election results 2024]</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|leader_term        = 2024&ndash;2028
|coordinates        = {{coord|47|31|N|25|27|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 726
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total_km2     = 137
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 727440
|area_code          = (+40) x30
|website            = {{URL|https://www.primariapojorata.ro/}}
}}

'''Pojorâta''' ({{langx|de|link=no|Pozoritta or Poschoritta}})<ref>[http://kbl.evang.ro/pdf/2008/KBL-08-August.pdf Kirchliche Blätter – Monatsschrift der Evangelischen Kirche A.B. in Rumänien] in German (published in 2008)</ref> is a [[Communes of Romania|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 ==

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{{flag|Moldavia}} (1388–1775)
{{flag|Habsburg Monarchy}} (1775–1804)
{{flag|Austrian Empire}} (1804–1867)
{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}, [[Cisleithania]] (1867–1918)
{{flag|Kingdom of Romania}} (1918–1947)
{{flag|Romanian People's Republic}} (1947–1965)
{{flag|Socialist Republic of Romania}} (1965–1989)
{{flag|Romania}} (1989–present)</poem>
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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 Germans|Bukovina German]] community) during the [[Modern era|modern period]] up until the mid 20th century, starting as early as the [[Habsburg monarchy|Habsburg period]] and, later on, the [[Austria-Hungary|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]]:<ref>{{Cite web|language=ro|url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/data/json/sicpv/pv/pv_vs_final.json|format=Json|title=Rezultatele finale ale alegerilor locale din 2020|publisher=Autoritatea Electorală Permanentă|accessdate=2020-11-02}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#ccc" | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
! style="background:#ccc" | Party
! style="background:#ccc" | Seats
! style="background:#ccc" colspan="9" | Current Council
|-
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| [[People's Movement Party]] (PMP)
| style="text-align: right" | '''9'''
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
| {{party color cell|People's Movement Party}} &nbsp;
|-
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]] (PNL)
| style="text-align: right" | '''1'''
| {{party color cell|National Liberal Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
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|-
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD)
| style="text-align: right" | '''1'''
| {{party color cell|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}} &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
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|-
|}

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:RO SV Pojorata (1).JPG|The entrance in Pojorâta
File:RO SV Pojorata (9).JPG|Houses in Pojorâta
File:RO SV Pojorata (11).JPG|Pojorâta, view from a local lane
File:RO SV Pojorata (3).JPG|The former Roman Catholic church of the German community
File:RO SV Pojorata (8).JPG|The former Evangelical Lutheran church of the German community
File:RO SV Pojorata (15).JPG|The local kindergarten
File:RO SV Pojorata (12).JPG|The local cultural home
File:Pensiunea Pietrele Doamnei - Pojorata - panoramio (3).jpg|Pietrele Doamnei guest house
File:Adam si Eva - panoramio.jpg|Adam and Eve forested hill peaks
File:Comuna Pojorâta, Romania - panoramio.jpg|Forested mountainous landscape near Pojorâta (June 2012)
File:Pojorîta - panoramio.jpg|Winter landscape in Pojorâta (February 2015)
File:Pojorîta - panoramio (1).jpg|Winter landscape in Pojorâta (January 2016)
File:RO SV Transrarau (9).JPG|Transrarău near Pojorâta (October 2014)
</gallery>

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* {{cite book|last=Cernăuțeanu|first=Viorica|date=2017|title=Pojorîta Bucovinei: File de istorie|language=Ro|location=Suceava|publisher=Dejavu Techprint|isbn=978-973-0-25946-9}}

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