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including a dominant background of the old Czech language. Today, the village includes mainly older people, while the youth work in the Czech
Republic, most of them without immigrating, only to return home for summer holidays or for Christmas. The popular clothes, rural architecture, traditions and language are all well-preserved.
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The villagers of Bigăr earn their living through farming and logging, while up to the early 1990s their main occupation was mining for the
Jurassic coal which occurs abundantly in the Almăj Mountains. The natives of Bigăr represent a special community in which the Czech language is permanently used,
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and Gornea during raids. Today, the
Romanians of all three villages, in spite of those from Liubcova having lived alongside Serbs for over two centuries, have the same rituals surrounding death, birth and marriage. At the 2002 census, the village had 1258 inhabitants. Romanians formed the majority;
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Danubian Units. The Lower Jurassic continental formation includes well developed bituminous coal seams, extracted until 1995 at Bigär (Palașca) mines, Buschmann, Stanca, Pietrele Albe, Camenița, Cozla and many other former sites, together with a rich fossil flora.
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Romania, 2. Editura Tehnică, Bucharest, 386
549:(Serbian for "Great Hill"), which lies above today's village, 2 km to the east. During the Middle Ages, these individuals maintained the citadels at Dranco (today's Drencova) and Cozla, taking refuge together with the villagers of
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with a population of 3,123 people. It is composed of five villages: Berzasca, Bigăr, Cozla, Drencova and
Liubcova. At the 2002 census, 70.5% of the commune's inhabitants were
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Bigăr occurs in the upper-middle part of the
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and of the Almăj Mountains. It is one of six Czech villages in the area. The village name should not be mistaken with the
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264:Caraș-Severin County
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1111:Lăpușnicel
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787:"Liubcova"
604:References
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1101:Grădinari
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1001:Cărbunari
991:Bucoșnița
981:Brebu Nou
692:, Agenda.
558:and 4.4%
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501:Romanians
408:Liubcova
403:Дренкова
396:Drenkova
393:Drencova
353:Берзаска
350:Berzáska
347:Bersaska
341:Berzasca
317:Hungarian
286:and 3.5%
276:Romanians
266:, in the
233:Hungarian
201:Time zone
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1181:Răcășdia
1171:Pojejena
1166:Păltiniș
1146:Mehadica
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1046:Dalboșeț
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1026:Copăcele
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996:Carașova
971:Bozovici
961:Berzovia
956:Berzasca
951:Berliște
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476:Tertiary
472:Mesozoic
421:Љупкова
418:Lubková
311:Romanian
302:Villages
282:, 10.8%
278:, 14.2%
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253:Берзаска
245:Bersaska
229:Berzasca
106:Berzasca
48:Berzasca
18:Drencova
1256:Vărădia
1226:Târnova
1141:Mehadia
1136:Măureni
1081:Forotic
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936:Armeniș
913:Oravița
841:Romania
526:, when
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416:Libková
335:Serbian
272:Romania
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159:Romania
156:Country
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128:44°42′N
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1241:Topleț
1176:Prigor
1156:Obreja
1151:Naidăș
1096:Goruia
1086:Gârnic
1071:Ezeriș
1051:Doclin
1031:Cornea
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536:Danube
515:) and
513:Gornea
489:Slavic
388:Козла
385:Kozla
377:Cozla
372:Бигар
361:Bigér
358:Bigăr
323:German
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165:County
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1131:Marga
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976:Brebu
941:Bănia
903:Bocșa
893:Anina
885:Towns
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434:Czech
428:Bigăr
369:Bygr
329:Czech
284:Serbs
268:Banat
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