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Șopotu Nou

Commune in Caraș-Severin, Romania

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 16, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Șopotu Nou is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 1456 people. It is composed of ten villages: Cârșa Roșie, Driștie, Poienile Boinei, Ravensca, Răchita (Rekettyő), Stăncilova (Sztancsilovapuszta), Șopotu Nou, Urcu (Urku), Valea Răchitei (Rakittapuszta) and Valea Roșie (Rosievölgy).

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The public source identifies “Șopotu Nou” as commune in Caraș-Severin, Romania. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Șopotu, Commune and Caraș-Severin.

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This entry incorporates text from “Șopotu Nou” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.