{{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 = 2020–2024 |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/}} }}
'''Valea Chioarului''' ({{langx|hu|Kővárgara}}) is a 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.
Valea Chioarului is crossed by national road {{ill|DN1C|ro}} (part of European route E58), which runs from Cluj-Napoca north towards Baia Mare and the Ukrainian border at Halmeu.
{{Historical populations |source = Census data | 1880 | 3450 | 1900 | 3696 | 1910 | 3772 | 1930 | 3565 | 1956 | 3530 | 1977 | 3188 | 1992 | 2600 | 2002 | 2288 |2011 | 2025 |2021 | 2002 }}
==Gallery== {{Gallery |File:Wietenberg culture axes at National Museum of Transylvanian History 2007.jpg|Wietenberg culture (3800–1200 BC) battle axes found at Valea Chioarului. In display at the National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca |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 }}
== See also == * Wietenberg culture
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Valea Chioarului, Maramureș}} {{Maramureș County}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Communes in Maramureș County
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