Pojejena (, ;

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...

: Пожежена or ''Požežena''; ) is a commune in

Caraș-Severin County Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...

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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

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, 45.84%

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, and 1.12%

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. 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

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and

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

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subtype for this climate is "

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" (Marine West Coast Climate/

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).Climate Summary for Pojejena
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References

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Demographics

Natives

Languages

Climate

See also

References