Szeklerland
Harghita
Oraş Bãlan

Bălan

Bălan is a town in , , . It has historically been one of Transylvania and Romania's most important centers for copper mining, but its mines are no longer operational.
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  • Type: Town with 10,900 residents
  • Description: town in Harghita County, Romania
  • Also known as: “Balan”, “Balanbanya”, “Balánbánya”, and “Kupferbergwerk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ecem and Piatra Singuratică.

Peak
Photo: Lakeof, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak, which is situated 3 km northeast of Bălan.

Cross
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is a cross, which is situated 3½ km north of Bălan.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sândominic.

Village
Photo: Blutty, GFDL.
is a village, which is situated 8 km south of Bălan.

Bălan

Latitude
46.6526° or 46° 39′ 9″ north
Longitude
25.81134° or 25° 48′ 41″ east
Population
10,900
Elevation
890 metres (2,920 feet)
Open location code
8GR7MR36+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 142182563
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
685707
Wiki­data ID
Q789811
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Bălan” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bălan”
  • Catalan: “Bălan”
  • Cebuano: “Bălan”
  • Cebuano: “Oraș Bălan”
  • Chinese: “伯兰”
  • Chinese: “伯蘭”
  • Danish: “Bălan”
  • Dutch: “Bălan”
  • Esperanto: “Balan (Harghita)”
  • Esperanto: “Bălan”
  • Estonian: “Bălan”
  • French: “Bălan”
  • German: “Bălan”
  • German: “Balánbánya”
  • German: “Kupferbergwerk”
  • Hungarian: “Balánbánya”
  • Indonesian: “Bălan”
  • Irish: “Bălan”
  • Italian: “Bălan”
  • Malay: “Bălan”
  • Minangkabau: “Bălan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bălan i Hargitha”
  • Persian: “به له”
  • Persian: “به‌له”
  • Polish: “Bălan”
  • Portuguese: “Bălan”
  • Romanian: “Bălan, Harghita”
  • Romanian: “Bălan, România”
  • Romanian: “Bălan”
  • Romanian: “Balánbánya”
  • Russian: “Бэлан”
  • Serbian: “Општина Балан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Bălan, Harghita”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Bălan”
  • Spanish: “Bălan”
  • Tajik: “Бэлан”
  • Ukrainian: “Белан (Харгіта)”
  • Ukrainian: “Белан”
  • Vietnamese: “Balan”
  • Vietnamese: “Bălan”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Calvinist Church Balan and Terten de Sport Liceu.

Harghita: Must-Visit Destinations

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bălan”. Photo: MARIUS PASCU, CC BY 3.0.