When was Finta first mentioned in writing?
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There is no firmly sourced first written mention for Finta in the project's data. It collects the dates for localities in Romania and the Republic of Moldova and shows the sources for each.
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Suciu (1967–68), Documenta Romaniae Historica, Wikipedia; the date is the one the project picks
Where was Finta 100 million years ago?
30°–38° N
In the Cretaceous, when dinosaurs still walked the Earth, the ground under Finta lay at 30°–38° north, depending on the plate-tectonic model (the project compares three). Today it is at 44.8° N. It has moved 1,103–1,757 km since.
The latitude band then; today at 44.8° N.
The calculation uses the locality Finta Mare, 1.1 km from the commune's centre.
Source: Plate models Müller 2019, Merdith 2021 and PALEOMAP; GeoNames localities (CC BY 4.0)
3Mountains on the horizon
Which mountains can you see from Finta?
2,535 m
The highest summit in view from Finta is Negoiu, 2,535 m high and 131 km away. In all, 27 summits above 1,000 m are in view, 9 of them above 2,000 m.
Against Moldoveanu, Romania's highest summit (2,544 m).
The calculation takes the terrain, the curvature of the Earth and the bending of light into account, out to 450 km, from 30 m above the ground (the roof of a ten-storey block).
Source: Terrain from Mapzen/AWS Terrain Tiles, summits from OpenStreetMap; the calculation is the project's
How far is the sea from Finta?
232 km
The sea is 232 km away in a straight line. Space begins 100 km straight up (the Kármán line), so from Finta space is nearer than the sea.
35% of Romanians live within 232 km of the sea.
The distance starts from a point inside the commune or town.
Source: Natural Earth (public domain), GHSL 2025 population (JRC, CC BY 4.0)
Where do you come out if you dig a tunnel through the Earth from Finta?
1,732 km
Dig a straight tunnel through the centre of the Earth from Finta and after about 12,740 km you come out in the South Pacific Ocean, at 44.8° S, 154.2° W. The nearest land from there is 1,732 km away: the Chatham Islands (New Zealand).
The tunnel passes through no other town: below you there is only rock, then the Earth's core.
Source: Natural Earth (public domain); ellipsoid geometry as in the project
What peak ground acceleration does RTC 18-2026 list for Finta?
0.43 g
For the conventional scenario with a 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years, Table A.1 of RTC 18-2026, MDLPA's methodology for drawing up seismic-risk maps (in force from 11 October 2026), lists a peak ground acceleration (PGA) of 0.43 g for Finta. This value describes seismic hazard at locality level; it does not assess the risk or safety of any particular building.
9% of Romanians live in localities where the table gives a higher PGA value; under 1% live in localities with the same value.
Source: MDLPA Order 1,037/2026, RTC 18-2026, Annex A, Table A.1 (Official Gazette 771 bis, 11 Sep 2026)
7Castles and manor houses
What is the nearest castle or manor house to Finta?
under 1 km
The nearest noble residence on Romania's List of Historic Monuments is Conacul Hulea, in Finta Mare, less than 1 km away (sf. sec. XIX). Within 25 km there are 14 residences; within 50 km there are 49 residences.
A conac is the manor house of a boyar or noble, a castle is fortified; a culă is an Oltenian tower house.
Source: List of Historic Monuments (National Heritage Institute), processed by the Castele project
What is the nearest hospital to Finta?
21 km
The nearest hospital with inpatient beds is in Gura Ocniței (516 beds), 21 km away in a straight line between the localities' centres. 94% of Romanians live closer to a hospital.
94% of Romanians live closer to a hospital.
A straight line is not the road.
Source: INS: hospital beds (SAN102C, 2024) and population (POP107D, 2023); the calculation is the project's
What is the nearest airport to Finta?
36 km
The nearest of the 17 airports with passenger traffic is Henri Coandă (Bucharest-Otopeni), 36 km away in a straight line. 17,001,578 passengers passed through it in 2025, 1st among the country's airports.
45% of Romanians live closer to an airport.
Passengers are counted on landing and on take-off.
Source: Romanian Airports Association (2025 statistics), OurAirports (public domain); INS 2021 census population