Type: | commune |
County: | Caraș-Severin |
Pojejena | |
Other Name: | Пожежена / Požežena |
Leader Name: | Mira Radovancovici |
Leader Party: | PSD |
Leader Term: | 2020 - 2024 |
Coordinates: | 44.7667°N 56°W |
Elevation: | 76 |
Area Total: | 122.85 |
Population Total: | auto |
Postal Code: | 327300 |
Area Code: | +(40) 255 |
Pojejena (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Pojejena, in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /poʒeˈʒena/; Serbian: Пожежена or Požežena; Hungarian: Alsópozsgás) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, Romania. 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.
At the 2011 census, the commune had 2,884 inhabitants; of those, 52.14% were Serbs, 45.84% Romanians, and 1.12% Romani. At the 2021 census, Pojejena had a population of 2,488, of which 53.05% were Romanians and 40.31% Serbs.[1]
The commune is officially bilingual, with both Romanian and Serbian being used as working languages on public signage and in administration, education and justice.
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb" (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).[2]