Bicaz ( Hungarian : Békás ) is a town in Neamț County , Western Moldavia , Romania situated in the eastern Carpathian Mountains near the confluence of the Bicaz and Bistrița Rivers and near Lake Bicaz , an artificial lake formed by the Bicaz Dam on the Bistrița. Bicaz used to be a border town until 1918. Six villages are administered by the town: Capșa, Dodeni, Izvoru Alb, Izvoru Muntelui, Potoci, and Secu.
6-714: Izvorul Muntelui may refer to the following places in Romania: Izvorul Muntelui, a village in the commune Bicaz , Neamț County Lake Izvorul Muntelui , a large artificial lake in Neamț County Izvorul Muntelui (river) , a tributary of the Bistrița in Neamț County [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
12-628: A horizontal industry: two cement and aggregate plants were built in Bicaz proper and nearby Tașca . This, together with the construction of the Bicaz-Stejaru Hydroelectric Power Station (10 km (6.2 mi) to the east) triggered a relative economic boom during the communist period. The Bicaz cement plant was shut down after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 and is slowly being taken apart. On
18-519: A port with scheduled ferry service with the villages on lake shore in the 1960s and 1970s. Today the facility offers only seasonal leisure cruises. The town is located in the proximity of two important tourist destinations in Romania: the Ceahlău Massif (12 km (7.5 mi) north) and Cheile Bicazului-Hășmaș National Park (25 km (16 mi) to the west). The impressive Bicaz Dam built on
24-548: The construction of the dam (1950–1960) the settlement was just a mountain village in Eastern Carpathians where the main economic activity was timber harvesting . By tradition, the tree trunks were linked together, forming a raft ( pluta ); a raftman ( Romanian : plutaș ) used to drive the raft on the Bistrița river downstream to wood processing facilities in Piatra Neamț . Building the dam created also
30-541: The other hand, the Tașca cement plant was acquired by the German group HeidelbergCement and was completely overhauled. The town has also a few timber factories and wood processing facilities. The town has access to two national roads : DN15 [REDACTED] and DN12C [REDACTED] while Bicaz railway station is the terminus station on CFR Line 509 with scheduled daily service to Bucharest North . The town served also as
36-458: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Izvorul_Muntelui&oldid=930631692 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bicaz Before
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