Bozovici

Bozovici (; ; ) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bozovici, Poneasca (Ponyászkatelep), Prilipeț (Prilipec), and Valea Minișului (Ménesvölgy).

The commune is located in the south-central part of the county, southeast of the town of Anina, and from the county seat, Reșița. It lies on the banks of the river Nera; the river Miniș discharges into the Nera in Valea Minișului village.

Izvorul Bigăr (or, the Bigăr Waterfall) is a protected area situated on the administrative territory of Bozovici, in the Nera Gorge-Beușnița National Park.

Also located on the territory of the commune is the Bozovici coal mine. This is an underground mining exploitation, one of the largest of its kind in Romania.

At the 2021 census, Bozovici had a population of 2,506; of those, 86.31% were Romanians and 5.47% Roma.

Natives

• (1817-1876), major general in the Austrian army born in Bozovici
• Nicolae Osmochescu, born in 1944 in Șumița, Bozovici; legal scholar, former judge and politician in the Republic of Moldova
• Sebastian Velcotă (born 1998), professional footballer

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