Maramureş County

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Maramureş County
Facts
Development region:	Nord-Vest
Historic region:	Transylvania
Capital city:	Baia Mare
Population:  • As of 2002:  • Population density:	510,110 81/km²
Area:	6,304 km²
Codes:  • Car numbers  • ISO 3166-2:RO	MM RO-MM
Telephone code:	(+40) x62 (1)
Web:	County Council Prefecture
1. x is 2 or 3 depending on the numbering system employed by the phone companies on the market.

Maramureş (IPA: [ma.ra.'mu.reʃ],(Hungarian: Máramaros) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in the Maramureş region. The county seat is Baia Mare.

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 Geography 3.1 Neighbours 4 Economy 5 Tourism 6 Administrative divisions 6.1 Municipalities 6.2 Towns 6.3 Communes 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

• The 10th century frontier county of Borsova was founded by Stephen I of Hungary
• 11th century historical Maramureş counties separation from Borsova (Rom. Borşa)
• 1241 Tartar invasion decimated about half of the local population
• 14th century Duke (knyaz) Bogdan of Maramureş said to be founder of Moldova
• In the Middle Ages, the historical region of Maramureş was known for its salt mines and later for its lumber
• As a result of the Paris Peace Conference (Treaty of Trianon, 1920), the historical region of Maramureş was partitioned, with about three-fifths of its territory becoming part of Czechoslovakia and the remainder, south of the Tisa River, staying on Romania's territory.

[edit] Demographics

In 2002, the county had a population of 510,110 and a population density of 81/km².

• Romanians - 82.02% (or 418,405)^[1]
• Hungarians - 9.07% (or 46,300)
• Rusyns and Ukrainians - 6.67% (or 34,027)
• Roma - 1.74% (or 8,913)
• Germans - 0.39% (or 2,012), and others.

Year	County population[2]
1948	321,287
1956	367,114
1966	427,645
1977	492,860
1992	540,099
2002	510,110

[edit] Geography

This county has a total area of 6,304 km², of which 43% is covered by the Rodna Mountains, with its tallest peak, Pietrosul, at 2,303m altitude. Together with Gutâi and Ţibleş mountain ranges, the Rodna mountains are part of the Eastern Carpathians. The rest of the county are hills, plateaus, and valleys. The county is crossed by Tisa River and its main tributaries: Iza, Viseu, and Mara rivers.

[edit] Neighbours

• Suceava County to the East.
• Satu Mare County to the West.
• Ukraine to the North - Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Zakarpattia Oblast.
• Sălaj County, Cluj County and Bistriţa-Năsăud County to the South.

[edit] Economy

Maramureş is known for its pastoral and agricultural traditions, largely unscathed by the industrialisation campaign that had been carried on during Romania's communist period. Ploughing, planting, harvesting, and hay making and handling are mostly done through manual labour. The county is also home to a strong mining industry of extraction of metals other than iron. The industrial plants built around Baia Mare during the communist period heavily polluted the area in the past, but recently, due to the decline of the city's industrial activity, the area is less polluted.

[edit] Tourism

The region is known for its beautiful rural scenery, local small woodwork and craftwork industry as well as for its churches and original rural architecture. There are not many paved roads in rural areas, and most of them are usually accessible.

The county's main tourist attractions:

• The cities of Baia Mare and Sighetu Marmaţiei.
• The villages on the Iza, Mara, and Vişeu Valleys.
  • The Wooden Churches of Maramureş
  • The Wooden Churches of Lăpuş
  • The Wooden Churches of Chioar
  • The Merry Cemetery of Săpânţa
• The Rodna Mountains.

There are several guide books about travel in Maramures. The most comprehensive of them is "The Maramures Land travel guide book", writed by Teofil Ivanciuc, and printed in 2006, in Romanian language.

[edit] Administrative divisions

The county has 2 municipalities, 11 towns, and 63 communes.

[edit] Municipalities

• Baia Mare - county seat; population: 149,735
• Sighetu Marmaţiei

[edit] Towns

• Baia Sprie
• Borşa
• Cavnic
• Dragomireşti
• Săliştea de Sus
• Seini
• Şomcuta Mare
• Târgu Lăpuş
• Tăuţii-Măgherăuş
• Ulmeni
• Vişeu de Sus

[edit] Communes

Ardusat Ariniş Asuaju de Sus Băiţa de sub Codru Băiuţ Bârsana Băseşti Bicaz Bistra Bocicoiu Mare Bogdan Vodă Boiu Mare Botiza Budeşti

Călineşti Câmpulung la Tisa Cerneşti Cicârlău Coaş Coltău Copalnic-Mănăştur Coroieni Cupşeni Deseşti Dumbrăviţa Fărcaşa Gârdani Giuleşti

Groşi Groşii Ţibleşului Ieud Lăpuş Leordina Mireşu Mare Moisei Oarţa de Jos Ocna Şugatag Onceşti Petrova Poienile de sub Munte Poienile Izei Recea

Remetea Chioarului Remeţi Repedea Rona de Jos Rona de Sus Rozavlea Ruscova Săcălăşeni Săcel Sălsig Săpânţa Sarasău Satulung Şieu

Şişeşti Strâmtura Suciu de Sus Vadu Izei Valea Chioarului Vima Mică Vişeu de Jos

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Portal of Sighetu Marmaţiei
• [1] More about Maramureş history
• (Romanian) Poienile de sub Munte -- a website dedicated to this village

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Coordinates: 47°40′22″N, 24°00′18″E