Brusturi, Bihor Explained

Type:commune
County:Bihor
Brusturi
Leader Name:Livia-Daniela Bârlâu
Leader Party:PSD
Leader Term:2020 - 2024
Coordinates:47.1667°N 36°W
Area Total:103
Population Total:auto
Postal Code:417090
Area Code:+40 x59

Brusturi (Hungarian: Tataros, German: Brestur) is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 3,469 people. It is composed of eight villages: Brusturi, Cuieșd (Kövesd), Loranta (Loránta), Orvișele (Orvisel), Păulești (Felsőtótfalu), Picleu (Szóvárhegy), Țigăneștii de Criș (Cigányfalva), and Varasău (Varaszótanya).

The commune lies on the banks of the river Valea Fânețelor. It is located in the north-central part of the county, east of the county seat, Oradea. Brusturi is crossed by national road, which connects DN1 (starting from Uileacu de Criș) to (ending in Cenaloș).

In 1978, two miners (Ioan Bumb and Petru Lele) discovered dinosaur bones in a bauxite mine at Brusturi (Cornet).[1] The Berriasian bauxite deposits at Cornet have yielded approximately 10,000 bones and bone fragments, mainly from ornithopod dinosaurs and rarer pterosaurs (see: Dinosaurs of Romania).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bauxite Lens 204 from Brusturi-Cornet (Bihor County), dinosaur-bearing fossiliferous ore. Florian . Marinescu. 1989. studylib.net. February 20, 2023.