Sopotu Nou

Sopotu Nou is a commune in Caras-Severin County, western Romania with a populace of 1456 humans. It is composed of ten villages: Carsa Rosie, Dristie, Poienile Boinei, Ravensca, Rachita, Stancilova, Șopotu Nou, Urcu, Valea Rachitei and Valea Rosie. Ravensca is one in all six Czech-inhabited villages in Romania's Banat.

It is located on a hill at an altitude of ca. 750 m above sea degree and about 7 km southeast of Sopotu Nou village. Of the six Czech villages inside the Banat, Ravensca is located at the very best altitude and the fine-preserved Czech language is spoken there. As a result of its big isolation, the speech isn't overly encouraged through Romanian and Serbo-Croatian. Ravensca is related with the nearest Czech villages of Garnic and Bigar with the aid of being decorated with the pink mark precise by the Czech Tourists' Club. Local inhabitants make their residing specifically in agriculture, power having been added as late as 1994.