Runcu
Runcu is a commune in Gorj County, Oltenia, Romania. It is situated at the foot of the Vâlcan Mountains, 16 km northwest of Târgu Jiu. The commune is composed of seven villages: Bâlta, Bâltișoara, Dobrița, Răchiți, Runcu, Suseni, and Valea Mare.- Type: Village with 1,140 residents
- Description: commune in Gorj County, Romania
- Also known as: “Runcu, Gorj” and “Runcur”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lelești and Frătești.
Lelești
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Lelești is a village, which is situated 6 km southeast of Runcu.
Frătești
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Frătești is a village, which is situated 6 km east of Runcu.
Câmpofeni
Village
Photo: Țetcu Mircea Rareș, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Câmpofeni is a village, which is situated 7 km south of Runcu.
Runcu
- Categories: commune of Romania and locality
- Location: Comuna Runcu, Gorj County, Romania, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.11925° or 45° 7′ 9″ northLongitude
23.14231° or 23° 8′ 32″ eastPopulation
1,140Elevation
282 metres (925 feet)Open location code
8GQ5449R+MWOpenStreetMap ID
node 460200807OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
668467Wikidata ID
Q16426652
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Volapük—“Runcu” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Runcu (Gorj)”
- Basque: “Runcu”
- Cebuano: “Comuna Runcu”
- Chechen: “Рунку (коммуна, Горж)”
- Chechen: “Рунку”
- Chinese: “Runcu”
- Chinese: “倫庫鄉”
- Dutch: “Runcu”
- French: “Runcu (Gorj)”
- French: “Runcu”
- Italian: “Runcu”
- Malay: “Runcu, Gorj”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Runcu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Runcu i Gorj”
- Polish: “Runcu (gmina w okręgu Gorj)”
- Polish: “Runcu”
- Portuguese: “Runcu”
- Romanian: “Comuna Runcu, Gorj”
- Romanian: “Runcu”
- Serbian: “Општина Рунку”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Runcu, Gorj”
- Spanish: “Runcu (Gorj)”
- Spanish: “Runcu”
- Tatar: “Рунку (коммуна, Горж)”
- Tatar: “Рунку”
- Turkish: “Runcu”
- Turkish: “Terzi Veli”
- Ukrainian: “Рунку”
- Vietnamese: “Runcu, Gorj”
- Volapük: “Runcu”
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