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| Location in Caraş-Severin County | |
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Socol
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| Country | Romania |
| County | Caraş-Severin County |
| Population (2002)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,301 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Socol (Romanian: Socol, Serbian: Сокол/Sokol, or Соколовац/Sokolovac, Hungarian: Nérasolymos) is a commune in Caraş-Severin County, Romania (in the Clisura Dunării area of Banat). In 2002, the population of the commune (comprising five villages) numbered 2,301 people and its population was ethnically mixed. It is composed of five villages: Baziaş, Câmpia, Pârneaura, Socol and Zlatiţa.
Sokol means "hawk" in Serbian. The commune is officially bilingual, with both Romanian and Serbian being used as working languages on public signage and in administration, education and justice.
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Baziaş (Serbian: Базјаш, Bazjaš; Hungarian: Báziás) is a village of Socol commune, notable as the place where the Danube enters Romania, and where, in 1854, the first railway line was opened on the territory of present-day Romania—the line ran from Baziaş to Oraviţa, at a time when the area was under Austrian administration. The village has a significant Serbian heritage, being the site of Baziaş Monastery, said to have been founded in 1225 by Saint Sava while on a brief refuge there, and rebuilt several times.[3] The local forest includes several protected plant species.