The Iron Gates Natural Park ( Romanian : Parcul Natural Porțile de Fier ) is a 115,666-hectare (285,820-acre) natural park located in southwestern Romania . It includes the Romanian part of the Iron Gate of the Danube River , and stretches along the left bank of the river in the counties of Caraș-Severin and Mehedinți . Across the river is the Đerdap national park in Serbia .
4-916: The Iron Gates Natural Park is the second largest natural park in Romania. It stretches from Socol in the west, to Drobeta-Turnu Severin in the east; to the north are the Banat Mountains and the Mehedinți Mountains . The park contains 18 protected areas, the largest one being the wet zone Ostrov– Moldova Veche . The Iron Gates Natural Park is home to 205 species of birds and 34 species of mammals. It also home to several plants which are protected by law including; Tulipa hungarica , Banat's corn ( Cerastium banaticum ), Cosaci ( Astragalus rochelianus ), Cazane bells ( Campanula crassipes ), Wild carnation ( Dianthus kitaibelli ) and Rock iris ( Iris reichenbachii ). This Romanian location article
8-809: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a protected area in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Socol Socol ( Romanian : Socol , Serbian : Соколовац / Sokolovac , Hungarian : Nérasolymos ) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County , Romania (in the Clisura Dunării area of Banat ). It is composed of five villages: Baziaș (Базјаш, Báziás ), Câmpia (Луговет, Néramező ), Pârneaura (Прњавор), Socol, and Zlatița (Златица, Néraaranyos ). Sokol means "falcon" in Serbian. The commune
12-483: 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 Baziaș to Oravița , at a time when the area was under Austrian administration. The village has a significant Serbian heritage, being the site of Baziaș Monastery , said to have been founded in 1225 by Saint Sava while on
16-460: Is officially bilingual, with both Romanian and Serbian being used as working languages on public signage and in administration, education, and justice. At the 2011 census , the population of the commune numbered 1,933 people and included 52.9% Serbs , 36.8% Romanians , 5.6% Roma , 3.7% Czechs , and 0.6% Hungarians . At the 2021 census , Socol had a population of 1,602; of those, 49.13% were Romanians, 38.39% Serbs, and 2.75% Czechs. Baziaș
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