Nucet (; ) is a town in Bihor County, western Transylvania, Romania. Its name means "walnut trees" both in Romanian and Hungarian. It administers two villages, BÃÂiÃÂa (Rézbánya) and BÃÂiÃÂa-Plai.
The town is situated at an altitude of , on the banks of the river CriÃÂul BÃÂiÃÂa. It lies in the western foothills of the Bihor Mountains, at the edge of the Apuseni Natural Park. It is located at the southern extremity of Bihor County, southeast of the county seat, Oradea, on the border with Alba County. Nucet is crossed by national road , which starts near ÃÂtei, to the northwest, and runs to Câmpeni (the capital of ÃÂara MoÃÂilor), to the southeast, and on to Turda, where it joins DN1.
The uranium-producing BÃÂiÃÂa mine is located on the territory of Nucet.
Nucet is the smallest town in Bihor County and the second smallest town in Romania; only BÃÂile TuÃÂnad is smaller than Nucet. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,148, made up of Romanians (89.57%), Hungarians (3.44%), Roma (3.77%), and Germans (0.27%). At the 2021 census, the town had a population of 1,987; of those, 89.03% were Romanians and 3.72% Roma.