# Valea Chioarului

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Valea_Chioarului
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Valea_Chioarului.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valea_Chioarului
> Source revision: 1351262408
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/Commune_in_Romania) in [Maramureș County](/source/Maramure%C8%99_County), [Romania](/source/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](/source/Baia_Mare), on the border with [Sălaj County](/source/S%C4%83laj_County). It lies at an altitude of about {{cvt|300|m}}, on the banks of the river [Bârsău](/source/B%C3%A2rs%C4%83u_(river)).

Valea Chioarului is crossed by [national road](/source/Roads_in_Romania) {{ill|DN1C|ro}} (part of [European route E58](/source/European_route_E58)), which runs from [Cluj-Napoca](/source/Cluj-Napoca) north towards Baia Mare and the [Ukrainian border](/source/Romania%E2%80%93Ukraine_border) at [Halmeu](/source/Halmeu).

{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
| 1880 | 3450
| 1900 | 3696
| 1910 | 3772
| 1930 | 3565
| 1956 | 3530
| 1977 | 3188
| 1992 | 2600
| 2002 | 2288
|[2011](/source/2011_Romanian_census) | 2025
|[2021](/source/2021_Romanian_census) | 2002
}}

==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|File:Wietenberg culture axes at National Museum of Transylvanian History 2007.jpg|[Wietenberg culture](/source/Wietenberg_culture) (3800–1200 BC) battle axes found at Valea Chioarului. In display at the [National Museum of Transylvanian History](/source/National_Museum_of_Transylvanian_History), [Cluj-Napoca](/source/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](/source/Michael_the_Brave) in Valea Chioarului
}}

== See also ==
* [Wietenberg culture](/source/Wietenberg_culture)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

Category:Communes in Maramureș County

{{Maramureş-geo-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Valea Chioarului](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valea_Chioarului) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valea_Chioarului?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.