{{Infobox Romanian subdivision |type = commune |county = Mehedinți |name = Ponoarele |image_flag = |image_shield = |image_skyline = RO MH Ponoarele 10 retușat.jpg |image_caption = Ponoarele |image_location = |image_map = Ponoarele jud Mehedinti.png |map_caption = Location in Mehedinți County |leader_name = Georgică Pătrașcu |leader_party = PSD |leader_term = 2020–2024 |coordinates = {{coord|44|58|N|22|47|E|region:RO|display=it}} |elevation = 353 |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = 70.88 |area_footnotes = |population_as_of = |population_total = auto |population_footnotes = |postal_code = 227360 |area_code = +(40) 252 |website = {{URL|https://ponoarele.ro/}} }} '''Ponoarele''' is a [[Commune in Romania|commune]] located in [[Mehedinți County]], [[Oltenia]], [[Romania]]. It is composed of fifteen villages: Băluța, Bârâiacu, Brânzeni, Buicani, Ceptureni, Cracu Muntelui, Delureni, Gărdăneasa, Gheorghești, Ludu, Ponoarele, Proitești, Răiculești, Șipotu, and Valea Ursului.
The commune has many natural monuments, including ''Podul lui Dumnezeu'' (God's Bridge), ''Peștera Bulba'' (Bulba Cave), ''Câmpul de Lapiezuri'', ''Lacul Zaton'' (Zaton Lake), ''Peștera Ponoarele'' (Ponoarele Cave), ''Valea Morilor'' (Valley of the Mills), and ''Pădurea de liliac'' (Lilac forest).
== Local holidays == * Sărbătoarea liliacului Ponoarele * Festivalul național "Ponoare, Ponoare"
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{{Gallery |File:Biserica de lemn din Ponoarele.jpg|Saint Nicholas Church in Ponoarele village |File:Podul lui Dumnezeu.JPG|"God's Bridge" }}
{{Mehedinţi-geo-stub}} {{Mehedinți County}}
[[Category:Communes in Mehedinți County]] [[Category:Localities in Oltenia]]