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{{Infobox Romanian subdivision
|type               = town
|county             = Gorj
|official_name      = Novaci
|subdivisions       = 
|image_skyline      = Orasul-novaci-gorj-2.jpg
|image_caption      = 
|image_location     = 
|image_shield       = ROU GJ Novaci CoA.png
|image_map          = Novaci jud Gorj.png
|map_caption        = Location in Gorj County
|leader_name        = Dumitru Leuștean<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prezenta.roaep.ro/locale27092020/romania-pv-final |title=Results of the 2020 local elections |publisher=Central Electoral Bureau |access-date=14 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|leader_party       = PNL
|leader_term        = 2020&ndash;2024
|coordinates        = {{coord|45|10|48|N|23|40|12|E|region:RO|display=inline,title}}
|elevation          = 460
|elevation_min      = 
|elevation_max      = 
|area_total         = 240
|population_as_of   = 
|population_total   = auto
|population_footnotes = 
|postal_code        = 215300
|area_code          = (+40) 02 53
|website            = {{url|http://primarianovaci.ro}}
}}
{{Historical populations
|source = Census data
|1977 |6464
|1992 |6427
|2002 |6151
|2011 |5431
|2021 |5276
}}

'''Novaci''' is a town in [[Gorj County]], [[Oltenia]], [[Romania]], situated at the foothills of the [[Parâng Mountains]], on the river [[Gilort]]. It administers four villages: Bercești, Hirișești, Pociovaliștea, and Sitești.

The river traditionally divided the Oltenian settlement of ''Novacii Români'' from ''Novacii Străini'', populated mainly by shepherds coming from over the mountains, from [[Sibiu County]] in [[Transylvania]]. The differences between the two segments of the town are obvious in the traditional vernacular architecture: the low fences of Oltenia are replaced by tall gates and hidden-away courtyards in the Novacii Străini.

The population has been steadily decreasing since the 1990s, mainly because of the migration of the young, educated inhabitants to bigger cities.

Only {{cvt|12|km}} from Novaci, passing the [[Transalpina (DN67C)]] road is [[Rânca]] ({{cvt|1600|m}} altitude), a newly developed resort surrounded by mountain peaks and tremendous beauty. From this place is a view of the [[Parângu Mare]] peak and when the weather is good you can see the [[Peleaga]] peak of the [[Retezat Mountains]]. During winter there are two ski slopes with low and medium difficulty.

==Natives==
*[[Alin Mituța]] (born 1984), politician
*[[Cristian Dumitru Popescu]] (born 1964), mathematician

==References==
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{{Gorj County}}

[[Category:Populated places in Gorj County]]
[[Category:Localities in Oltenia]]
[[Category:Towns in Romania]]

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