a total population of 13,659 inhabitants. Of this population, 98.65% are ethnically Romanians, 0.64% Roma, 0.23% Germans (Bukovina Germans), 0.22% Hungarians, and 0.10% Ukrainians. Vatra Dornei is the fifth most populated urban settlement in Suceava County, after the county capital, Suceava, and the cities of Rădăuți, Fălticeni, and Câmpulung Moldovenesc. Vatra Dornei is also the smallest and newest municipality in Suceava County. Tourism Vatra Dornei is a well known ski resort in the Carpathian Mountains. There are ski slopes nearby the city, attracting tourists in winter season. Vatra Dornei is surrounded by large forest areas, proper places for practicing alpine tourism. There are mineral water springs in the city limits and its surroundings, that helped the settlement to develop as a spa. In the late 19th century and early 20th century Bukovina had only two spa towns: Vatra Dornei and Solca. Vatra Dornei has several hotels, two museums (The Ethnographic Museum and The Museum of Natural Sciences) and a few old buildings that are considered historical and architectural monuments: the casino, the main spa building, the two railway stations, the town hall, Sentinela Spring, the post office building, and a few old churches. Natives Vasile Deac (1824–1909), Mayor of Vatra Dornei Liliana Ichim (born 1967), alpine skier Alfred Kuzmany (1893–1961), army general in the Wehrmacht in World War II Bogdan Macovei (born 1983), luger Andrei Nilă (born 1985), footballer Platon Pardău (1934–2002), poet and writer Teodosie Petrescu (born 1955), cleric Gallery References External links Vatra Dornei Town Hall official site Vatra Dornei unofficial site Vatra Dornei touristic site The City Hospital of Vatra Dornei Vatra Dornei Live - Local news site Suceava County site - Vatra Dornei web page Photo Gallery - Old photos of Vatra Dornei Cities in Romania Populated places in Suceava County Ski areas and resorts in Romania Spa towns in Romania Mining communities in Romania Bukovina-German people Jewish communities in Romania Localities in Southern Bukovina Monotowns in Romania