Pojejena (, ;
Serbian
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: Пожежена or ''Požežena''; ) is a
commune in
Caraș-Severin County
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,
Romania
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. The commune is located in the geographical area known as
Clisura Dunării (''Banatska Klisura'' in Serbian). It is composed of five villages: Belobreșca (Белобрешка; ''Fejérdomb''), Divici (Дивић; ''Divécs''), Pojejena, Radimna (Радимна; ''Rádonya''), and Șușca (Шушка; ''Sisak''). Since 2012, the
International Pojejena Music Festival takes place there.
Demographics
At the
2011 census, the commune had 2,884 inhabitants; of those, 52.14% were
Serbs
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, 45.84%
Romanians
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, and 1.12%
Romani
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Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
* Romanians (Romanian ...
. At the
2021 census, Pojejena had a population of 2,488, of which 53.05% were Romanians and 40.31% Serbs.
Natives
*
Slavomir Gvozdenovici (born 1953), writer and politician
Languages
The commune is officially bilingual, with both
Romanian
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**Romanian language, a Romance language
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and
Serbian
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* Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular
**Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans
** Serbian language
** Serbian culture
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being used as working languages on public signage and in administration, education and justice.
Climate
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The
Köppen Climate Classification
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subtype for this climate is "
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" (Marine West Coast Climate/
Oceanic climate
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).
Climate Summary for Pojejena
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See also
* Clisura Dunării
* Serbs in Romania
The Serbs of Romania (, , ) are a recognized ethnic minority numbering 18,076 people (0.1%) according to the 2011 census. The community is concentrated in western Romania, in the Romanian part of the Banat region (divided with Serbia), where they ...
References
{{Caraş-Severin County
Communes in Caraș-Severin County
Localities in Romanian Banat
Romania–Serbia border crossings
Serb communities in Romania
Place names of Slavic origin in Romania