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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = commune
|county             = Maramureș 
|name               = Valea Chioarului
|image_flag         =
|image_shield       = 
|image_skyline      = Biserica de lemn din Vărai (3).JPG
|image_caption      = Wooden church in Vărai
|image_location     = 
|image_map          = Valea Chioarului jud Maramures.svg
|map_caption        = Location in Maramureș County
|leader_name        = Ioan Sorin Burde
|leader_party       = PSD
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|47|26|N|23|29|E|region:RO|display=it}}
|elevation          = 299
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 79.08
|area_footnotes     = 
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 437370
|area_code          = +40 x59
|website            = {{URL|https://www.valeachioarului.ro/}}
}}
[[File:Wietenberg culture axes at National Museum of Transylvanian History 2007.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Wietenberg culture]] (3800&ndash;1200 BC) battle axes found at Valea Chioarului. In display at the [[National Museum of Transylvanian History]], [[Cluj-Napoca]]]]
'''Valea Chioarului''' ({{langx|hu|Kővárgara}}) is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] in [[Maramureș County]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of six villages: Curtuiușu Mare (''Nagykörtvélyes''), Durușa (''Durusa''), Fericea (''Szamosfericse''), Mesteacăn (''Kisnyíres''), Valea Chioarului, and Vărai (''Kőváralja'').

The commune is located in the southwestern part of Maramureș County, {{cvt|34|km}} from the county seat, [[Baia Mare]], on the border with [[Sălaj County]]. It lies at an altitude of about {{cvt|300|m}}, on the banks of the river [[Bârsău (river)|Bârsău]].

Valea Chioarului is crossed by [[Roads in Romania|national road]] {{ill|DN1C|ro}} (part of [[European route E58]]), which runs from [[Cluj-Napoca]] north towards Baia Mare and the [[Romania–Ukraine border|Ukrainian border]] at [[Halmeu]].

== See also ==
* [[Wietenberg culture]]

== References ==
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{{Gallery
|File:Biserica de lemn din Valea Chioarului (11).JPG|Wooden church in Valea Chioarului
|File:ValeaChioaruluiMM (128).JPG|Bust of [[Michael the Brave]] in Valea Chioarului
}}

{{Commons category|Valea Chioarului, Maramureș}}
{{Maramureș County}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Communes in Maramureș County]]


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