Type: | town |
Ocnele Mari | |
County: | Vâlcea |
Leader Name: | Remus-Gabriel Sasu[1] |
Leader Party: | PSD |
Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 45.0833°N 43°W |
Elevation: | 260 |
Area Total: | 25.05 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 245900 |
Area Code: | (+40) 02 50 |
Ocnele Mari is a town located in Vâlcea County, Oltenia, Romania. The town administers eight villages: Buda, Cosota, Făcăi, Gura Suhașului, Lunca, Ocnița, Slătioarele, and Țeica.
The town is situated in the central part of the county, at a distance of from the county seat, Râmnicu Vâlcea, which it borders to the east and south. Ocnele Mari also borders several communes: Mihăești to the south, Bunești to the west, and Păușești-Măglași and Vlădești to the north.
The greatest extent of the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999 was near Ocnele Mari.